Your guide to Pa.’s 2021 primary ballot questions
All Pennsylvania voters yes, that includes independents and minor-party members will be asked to consider four ballot questions. Two of them are about as non-controversial as possible. The other two? A different story. Below, Spotlight PA breaks down the basics of what they would do, who is in favor and who is opposed. More.
Ballot questions should be clear, but 2 written by Wolf administration don’t pass test, critics say
Two proposed constitutional amendments that will be before voters have drawn the ire of Republican leaders in the state House and Senate, who called language written by the Wolf administration “prejudicial.” More.
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Westmoreland County officials say more than 15,400 mail-in ballots have been sent out to voters ahead of the May 18 primary.
Another batch of more than 800 ballots is ready to go out, Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani said.
The deadline to apply for mail-in ballots is May 11. They must be received at the courthouse by 8 p.m. May 18 to be counted.
The county’s Elections Board on Wednesday approved the use of one additional drop box at the Westmoreland County Community College location on Mellon Road in Murrysville. That box will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and May 15.
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Four of five district judge seats up for grabs in 2021 will have contested primaries in May.
Meanwhile, just one countywide race the Republican primary for the clerk of courts office will be contested this spring.
Barring candidate challenges, the May 18 primary ballots appear set. The deadline to file nominating petitions expired Tuesday. Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani released the names of candidates for county offices after the deadline. A full list of candidates, including those seeking municipal offices and school district seats, could be released today, she said.
There will be contested primaries in four district judge races where no incumbents are seeking reelection.