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Pennsylvania’s new legislative districts have the potential to change the balance of power in both Harrisburg and Washington, so it’s not surprising that legal action played a major role during the process.
Pennsylvania’s 2022 primary election is being held Tuesday, May 17. Here’s what you need to know about polling places, mail ballots and more.
As Pennsylvania’s primary election day rapidly approaches, officials are encouraging registered voters to make a plan to cast their ballots, whether that means voting in person, voting by mail or dropping off a completed ballot in a secure drop box.
If you live in Lehigh County and plan to vote by mail-in ballot in the May 17 primary election, District Attorney Jim Martin wants you to know the Election Code forbids most voters from depositing ballots other than their own in secure drop boxes and mailboxes.
State Sen. Lisa Boscola (D), who represents Bethlehem, Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township in the Pennsylvania State Senate’s 18th District, condemned the senate Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s final map Friday, calling it “disgraceful.”
Hellertown Borough Council members voted Monday to approve a resolution opposing a state House redistricting plan that would move the borough from the 136th legislative district to the 131st legislative district, and are also asking the public to weigh in on it.
The proposed Pennsylvania State Senate redistricting would likely keep the partisan composition of the chamber largely unchanged, while improving upon traditional fairness metrics.
A Hellertown business owner has announced that he will once again seek to represent the 131st legislative district in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives.
The proposal–rejected by Republicans–improves on fairness metrics as mandated by the state constitution, while creating more districts that could be won by Democrats.
Three Democratic Northampton County Council members have prevailed in their quest for another term on council, according to the unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.
Voters in the Saucon Valley and Southern Lehigh school districts couldn’t have been much clearer in terms of how they cast their votes in Tuesday’s election, with more progressive candidates largely failing to win or retain seats in the districts’ hotly-contested school board races.
