Approximately 5,000 of Lawrence County’s 56,000 registered voters requested mail-in or absentee ballots this year, said elections director Ed Allison. As of Thursday, nearly 65%, or 3,150, had been returned to the elections office.
The number of people who vote in municipal primaries is usually much lower than in federal and general elections, but it’s unclear how the state’s vote-by-mail expansion will influence this year’s turnout. This is the first municipal election with mail-in ballots, so we really have no idea what to expect, Allison said.
Through he anticipates between 25% and 30% of voters will come out for the election, only about 17% of registered Lawrence County voters participated in the last municipal primary. Comparatively, more than 80% voted in last November’s presidential election.
A sense of relief permeated Beaver County and southwest Pennsylvania Tuesday evening as area residents and politicians reacted to the verdict in the trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
Chauvin, 45, was found guilty on Tuesday of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The verdict sparked reaction throughout the country.
Ambridge resident John Thomas stood on the corner of Eighth Street and Ohio River Boulevard in the borough Tuesday evening holding signs that read Guilty x3 and know justice, know peace.
He said he hopes the trial verdict is a turning point in this country.
By Kaisha Jantsch (kjantsch@timesonline.com)
Because of new looks at his work, Dr. Seuss has become as unpopular as green eggs and ham with some, but Beaver Valley area libraries have decided not to cut the author s books loose.
As Dr. Seuss himself said, “When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
Though Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced Tuesday that it will stop publishing six of Seuss’ books due to racial insensitivity, representatives of local libraries say they plan to celebrate his many other works, encourage diversity and promote reading in this week’s Read Across America Day events.