PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — County officials have some last-minute reminders for anyone planning to vote in person on Tuesday.
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie says while there are laws governing polling places, it basically comes down to simple decency and respect.
“We are all Americans. We all have the right to vote for whoever we believe is going to take our country in the direction we'd like to see it go in. If you disagree with that person, well, that's that's okay,” he said.
Harvie says if voters have concerns at any polling places, they can call 911.
And voters who have questions can visit county websites like buckscounty.org or montcovotes.com. He says third-party sites and social media pages have been giving misleading or sometimes even wrong information.
“We had one site that listed the Bristol Borough in this town hall as a place where you could, you know, pick up ballots for mail-in ballots, which is not true at all.”
Montgomery County also has a hotline, 610-292-2024, that voters can call if they worry laws are being violated.
“We can vote for different candidates and still be respectful to our poll workers, but also to our friends and neighbors that will be at a polling location casting their ballot,” said Montgomery County Commissioner Jamilla Winder.
Winder says Montgomery County processed 193,000 mail-in ballot applications. She says they estimate they will have those ballots counted by midday Wednesday.
Harvie says Bucks County processed around 150,000 mail-in ballot applications but they can’t say when they’ll finish counting. Chester County processed 122,000 mail-in ballot applications.
Mail-in ballots take time to open and get ready to scan, but workers can’t start opening the envelopes until 7 a.m. on Election Day.
Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, and close at 8 p.m. If you are in line at 8 p.m. you can vote.