Leigh M. Chapman

Leigh M. Chapman (born

Chapman has held high-ranking positions within several voting rights and voter advocacy organizations, including Let America Vote and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She has advocated for same-day voter registration, early voting, automatic voter registration, and no-excuse absentee voting. From 2015 to 2017, Chapman served as policy director for the Pennsylvania Department of State, overseeing the implementation of electronic voter registration in the state. In December 2021, Chapman was chosen by Governor Tom Wolf to serve as the acting secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, following the reassignment of Acting Secretary Veronica Degraffenreid. At the time, Chapman was executive director of Deliver My Vote, a mail-in voting advocacy group. She took office on January 8, 2022. Chapman faced similar attacks following the 2022 midterm elections after she announced it would be "days" before the final vote count would be released due to the large volume of ballots cast by different methods. After the conclusion of the Wolf administration, Chapman joined Open Society Foundations.