Postal cards for basic elections on May 20 are finally printed and sent to the homes of voters and electoral offices, after resolving the dispute over the qualification of one candidate (at least temporarily).
The delay caused consternation among some residents who are worried that they will not get a voting card on time. Voter Judy Allison said that next week he would leave the city and plan to personally pick up the voice, but it may not work because of the delay in print.
“It means that I have to go to the town hall as late as possible before I go on vacation and I hope that they are to vote there,” she said. “It is difficult to vote for absence above all. Now it is doubly difficult.”
Allison noticed that there are crucial races in the vote, including for the District Prosecutor and the State Court of the Supreme Court, and said that she was afraid that the delay would “discourage actively vote and reduce the democratic process.”
However, city commissioners who supervise the election in Philadelphia say that they really want people to vote and call them to do it by post, in advance in the election office or in election on the day of elections.
“The US president, who was not in the voting card, should not be an excuse to omit these elections. There are offices – judges, DA, the city controller – on voting, which will have the same or greater impact on everyday life in your families and neighbors,” said Lisa Deeley, vice president of the city commissioners. “I encourage all citizens to vote and vote in every office up and down voting.”
They also note that today, May 5, it is the date of registration of voters for the basic.
Read more to get information about voting and why voting cards were delayed before the election on May 20.
A-and-Pporth Over Residence
The delay in the finalization and printing of the voting card took place due to the dispute over the residence of Mike Huff, a progressive democrat, which was a judge in the Universal Court or in the City Court.
Huff has been involved in a policy in Philadelphia for years, but he moved to the city only last year, and his wife still lives in his home in the Bala Cinnwyd, Inquirer reported.
The city of the Democratic Party, whose leadership is often antagonistic towards progressors, supported the challenge for Huff’s right to run in Philly, and the judge of the Court of Nations Community ordered him to remove him from voting.
The Supreme Court ordered the judge to consider his order again, but last week the judge confirmed his first decision, citing evidence that Huff spent more time with Cinnwyd Bala than in Philly. Although he said that he was appealing again, city commissioners could no longer refrain from finalizing the list of candidates, because they are legally obliged to send voting cards on Tuesday.
The commissioners said on Friday that voting cards were finally printed and soon they would come to the mailboxes of voters “soon”.
How to register and vote
Two key dates for voters will choose: today’s date of registration on the basis of time, and on May 13 at 17:00, ask for post voting. These are two separate processes.
You still have a few hours Register online or personally. You can do it at the Office of the Electoral Council in the Town Hall, Room 140 or one of the city 10 satellite electoral offices. Office at 520 N. Columbus Blvd, at Spring Garden Street, will remain open until midnight tonight (May 5).
The town hall office is open on weekdays from 9:00 to 17:00, and satellite offices are open in these hours plus from 10:00 to 16:00 on weekends.
When it comes to post voting, instructions that you can send to your home Available here. You can also get one in the satellite election office, fill it and fold it on the spot.
For more information on applying, filling out and sending mail or absence in voting and deal with various special voting situations and Snafus, check our comprehensive explanation from the last autumn.
If you vote by mail, remember that the election card must be picked up by the election council until 20:00 on the day of elections, May 20. To make sure it will come on time, remember to drop it a few days earlier.
Alternatively, you can deposit voting in one of many official boxes in the city or in the office of the election council in the town hall. Here is the search Abandoning location map.
And if you plan to kick him in an aged school and vote in person on the day of the election, here Lots of useful information from city commissioners, including examples of voting cards and You can search for a map of voting places.
You can also check why Basic election guideAnd keep an eye on Billy Penn’s guide after the election for Philly voters, which will appear in a few days.
