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Pennsylvania voted Tuesday, although statewide race results will be delayed until next Tuesday, June 9 due to Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order which extended the deadline to receive mail-in ballots in six counties (the ballots must still have been postmarked by June 2).
On Tuesday, June 2, voters all across Pennsylvania will participate in the 2020 primary elections, deciding who will be on the ballot in November’s general election.
Although Pennsylvania officials have strongly encouraged residents to vote by mail in the upcoming primary election because of the coronavirus pandemic, many people plan to vote in person June 2, and in some cases that will mean traveling to a new polling place.
The June 2 primary election will be the first election in which most Pennsylvania voters can vote by mail-in ballot, and Gov. Tom Wolf is encouraging voters to exercise that option to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
A Democratic candidate for state representative from the 131st legislative district addressed members of a local grassroots political organization at Braveheart Highland Pub in Hellertown Sunday, ending his remarks by asking for their support.
A politician who has represented parts of the Saucon Valley in the state House of Representatives for nearly a decade announced Thursday that he won’t seek re-election in 2020.
Irregularities in totals caused by Northampton County’s new electronic voting machines delayed the release of unofficial tallies from Tuesday’s election, as officials were forced to count paper ballots late into the evening. By early Wednesday morning, however, the unofficial results from all of the local and county-wide races were known.
With Election Day now just days away, if you live in the borough of Hellertown you may want to know more about the five candidates who are running for borough council.
Although attendees were scarce at a forum for Lower Saucon Township Council candidates organized by Saucon Source and held at the Heller-Wagner Grist Mill’s Tavern Room in Hellertown Thursday night, those who did attend it said they were grateful for the opportunity to hear from some of the candidates in their own words.
When Fountain Hill residents head to the polls Nov. 5 to select the candidates they believe will best represent them on borough council, one issue in particular may feature prominently in their decisions: the future of the small community’s police force.
