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In Pennsylvania, voting is done by postal vote

In Pennsylvania, voting is done by postal vote

Voting begins in Pennsylvania as counties mail ballots and open satellite election offices

Over-the-counter voting is currently taking place in Allegheny County

Voting has begun in earnest in the presidential election battleground state of Pennsylvania as counties increasingly begin sending ballots by mail, offering over-the-counter voting at election offices and opening up other voting options. Voter’s Guide: Everything you need to know about Pennsylvania’s general electionIn Philadelphia, the state’s largest city, voters returned about 15,000 mail-in ballots, said Seth Bluestein, who is a member of the city’s three-member election commission. That’s about 10% of the 150,000 ballots that have already been mailed, Bluestein said. The city has now opened seven of ten planned satellite election offices that will operate seven days a week. Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh, began offering over-the-counter voting offices in the lobby of the county office building on Monday and said people who requested mail-in ballots began receiving them in the mail this week. Montgomery County, the state’s third-most populous county, has begun sending ballots by mail and eight satellite election offices will open Friday where people can register to vote, request an absentee ballot or cast an absentee ballot on site. On Saturday, Montgomery County plans to introduce a mobile voter service van. In Bucks County, the state’s fourth-most populous county, mail-in ballots began being sent out this week and ballot boxes will open starting Monday, a spokesman said. In Center County, the election board voted to open a satellite election office on the Penn State University campus. What does election fraud really look like in the USA? See what the data shows: Read the report from Hearst Television’s National Investigative Unit. The State Department lists 20 counties where ballots are available. That includes Union County, where Commissioner Jeff Reber said voting began Monday and mail-in ballots were scheduled to be mailed to the county’s printing provider on Friday. In total, more than 1.45 million voters have requested a postal vote. in the vote before the Nov. 5 election, according to the State Department. Of these candidates, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than two to one. Nearly 9 million people have registered to vote, almost the same number as in the 2020 presidential election. Lucerne County, meanwhile, on Tuesday placed large rocks in front of a building where voting district officials said they had the offices of the Election offices attacked to “increase security” before the election. The stones are intended to prevent a vehicle attack on the building and were among security measures recommended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Romilda Crocamo, district manager of Lucerne, had asked the authority for an assessment to identify potential vulnerabilities and make suggestions for improving security.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —

Voting has begun in the presidential election battleground state of Pennsylvania as counties increasingly begin sending ballots by mail, offering over-the-counter voting at election offices and opening up other voting options.

Voter Guide: Everything you need to know about Pennsylvania’s general election

In Philadelphia, the state’s largest city, voters returned about 15,000 mail-in ballots, said Seth Bluestein, who is a member of the city’s three-member election commission. That’s about 10% of the 150,000 ballots that have already been mailed, Bluestein said.

The city has now opened seven of ten planned satellite election offices that will operate seven days a week.

Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh, began conducting over-the-counter voting Monday in the lobby of the county office building and said people who requested mail-in ballots began receiving them in the mail this week.

Montgomery County, the state’s third-most populous county, has begun mailing out ballots and will open eight satellite election offices on Friday where people can register to vote, request a mail-in ballot or fill out a mail-in ballot at the location. On Saturday, Montgomery County plans to introduce a mobile voter service van.

In Bucks County, the state’s fourth-most populous county, mail-in ballots began being sent out this week and ballot drop boxes will open starting Monday, a spokesman said.

In Center County, the Board of Elections voted to open a satellite election office on the Penn State University campus.

What does election fraud really look like in the USA? See what the data shows: Read the report from Hearst Television’s National Investigative Unit

The State Department lists 20 counties where ballots are available. That includes Union County, where Commissioner Jeff Reber said voting began Monday and mail-in ballots should be received by the county’s printing provider in the mail on Friday.

In total, more than 1.45 million voters requested a mail-in ballot ahead of the Nov. 5 election, according to the State Department. Among these candidates, Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than two to one.

Nearly 9 million people registered to vote, almost as many as in the 2020 presidential election.

Luzerne County, meanwhile, on Tuesday placed large rocks outside a building housing its elections office’s offices to “increase security” ahead of the election, county officials said.

The stones were intended to thwart a vehicle attack on the building and were among security measures recommended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Romilda Crocamo, district manager of Lucerne, had asked the authority for an assessment to identify potential vulnerabilities and make suggestions for improving security.