PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Tuesday brings primary election day in Pennsylvania. County elections offices are dealing with much a much smaller volume of ballots than they were in the 2020 presidential election.
Montgomery County sent out 130,000 mail-in ballots. That’s a bit over half as many as they sent out in November, and about 30,000 fewer than the county sent out for last year’s presidential primary.
“I think we will move through it fairly rapidly, so I think we will be done fairly quickly on Election Day or shortly thereafter," County Commissioner and Board of Elections Chair Ken Lawrence said.
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“I know Voter Services has been working very hard to maximize the use of the equipment that we have.”
Bucks County sent out 54,500 ballots. They sent nearly twice that for last year’s primary.
Many voters are keying in on school board races, many of those getting more attention after heated arguments last year over getting kids back in classrooms.
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Philadelphia's ballot will include the hotly contested Democratic primary for the district attorney race, between incumbent Larry Krasner and challenger Carlos Vega, a race that has even spawned a lawsuit.
There are also four ballot questions.
Voters need to be registered with a specific party to vote for candidates in a Pennsylvania primary. Any registered voter, regardless of party affiliation, can vote on the ballot questions.
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