Nearly 537,000 mail ballots have already been returned.
That’s
more than 60% of the more than 885,000 ballots that voters requested,
according to data released Friday by the Pennsylvania Department of
State, which oversees elections.
A
strong partisan divide in the vote method continues, with registered
Democrats requesting more than three times as many ballots as
Republicans.
A
strong partisan divide in the vote method continues, with registered
Democrats requesting more than three times as many ballots as
Republicans.
Mail
ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. Tuesday, when polls close. Postmarks
don’t count, so elections officials urge voters to return their ballots
as soon as possible — mail delivery can take a few days, meaning
ballots returned by mail at this point run the risk of arriving after
the deadline.
Voters can ensure timely delivery by hand-delivering their ballots to their county elections office or a mail ballot drop box.
State law requires voters to return only their own ballot, except in the case of disabled voters who authorize someone to deliver their ballots. (The issue of third-party ballot delivery — what Republicans call “ballot harvesting” — has become a contentious political issue, and even Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has mistakenly crossed that line.)
Once a ballot has been returned, voters can use the state’s ballot tracker
to see when it has been marked as received. There can be a several days
when they start to pile up, though, so just because your ballot hasn’t
been marked doesn’t mean it hasn’t yet been received.
— Jonathan Lai
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Basically,
as the article says, most of the placing ballot boxes were in
predominately white and asian areas during the 2020 election, which
essentially means that you have to make sure there are boxes in your
area, your votes are counted and your rights are not violated - and
that you are not disqualified for bogus reasons.
It's
as important as who you vote for, because we want to end the habit of
people sitting out the MID TERM ELECTIONS as though they are not as
important as he presidential that comes around every 4 years. Our
local, MID TERM ELECTIONS are extremely vital, and spell out what the
president who is the current incumbent is able to accomplishe during the
balance of his remaining time in office!!! Make no mistake about it!
If we don't get this right, we'll face the same problems we faced when
we didn't come out for the MIDTERMS OF 2010, AND 2014 - which rendered
Obama's administration helpless to get things done, and cost us a
Supreme Court Justice because the repuglycons outnumbered the Democrats.
We
let the orange faced fool become ersatz president because no one put
their feet down and called the 2016 elections a sham and a scam. But we
got it together by 2018 - basically because he had done so much harm by
that time, to have allowed him to go any further would have been an act
of masochism and stupidity all rolled into one.
We
backed it up in 2020 when we elected Joe Biden president - and believe
me, he's doing a damned sight better job than T-rump ever did - so don't
let the propaganda and meanstream media fool you.
Now
we are in the MidTerms of 2022 - and if we don't get out and defend our
incumbents, and out vote the repuglycons, we run the horrific risk of
returning a megalomaniacal fool to power - and plunging the country into
darker days then even Nazi Germany endured.
Does
it sound somewhat extreme to posit it in such a manner?? - NO!! - I
wish I could yell even louder. By now it should be patently clear that
there is nothing they wouldn't stoop to doing to deprive you of your
rights. They're doing it right under your very noses. And, while
voting is not going to end it completely, it's a part of our arsenal -
our tool box - to make sure we don't end up in a fascist regime with
powermad individuals driving Black people back into racist
segregationistic lifestyles - pre-60s, perhaps even back as far as
jimcrow and slavery combined.
So
GET OUT THERE TOMORROW, MAY 17, 2022
AND
VOTE VOTE VOTE BLUE -
NO MATTER WHO!!!
You didn't ask me, but I'm endorsing the following:
Josh Shapiro (Democrat)
In Pennsylvania, the lieutenant
governor does not run on a shared ticket with the governor, so the
candidates don’t officially pair up as running mates since they’ll
appear on the ballot separately.
Austin Davis (Democrat) - Pa. lieutenant governor (The
LG’s job includes presiding over
the Pa. Senate and chairing the Board of Pardons - are just some of the
many responsibilities he has - we want to make sure we have someone in
that position that understands the needs of Philadelphians - as well as
Pennsylvanians statewide.)
Conor Lamb (Democrat) - U.S. SENATE (We must replace Toomey
(Guys if we mess this up and don't get Lamb in, there is something
seriously wrong with us!! So don't sleep this opportunity to get someone
in to the US Senate who will work diligently on our behalf!!)
DWIGHT EVANS - CONGRESS - 3rd CD
(Dwight
Evans went into Congress and rolled up his sleeves and has been making
great things happen for Philly - we need to have him there to continue
the good work!)
Brendan Boyle - CONGRESS - 2nd CD
State Reps
ANTHONY WILLIAMS - PA STATE SENATE - 8th District (I'm
endorsing Tony Williams because he's done a fine job, and also because I
was appalled at the way Prescodd's campaigners tried to smear him by
falsely saying he was with the ersatz former president!! An insult and a lie! This makes Prescodd someone not to be trusted)
Sajda Blackwell (Democrat) - 10th District (new 10th District which includes
Walnut Hill, Belmont, Mill Creek, Mantua, parts of Logan Square,
Powelton, and parts of Cobbs Creek. She is a wife, a mother, a youth mentor, and a community organizer, who
co-founded Blackwell Culture Alliance Inc which feeds over 2000 families
a month, and the organizer of B.C.A. Actionist, one of the only active
Town Watch Groups in the city of Philadelphia taking a stand against Gun
Violence.)
STEPHEN KINSEY - PA STATE REPRESENTATIVE - 201st District
Anthony Bellman - 203rd District
There
are others who are running unopposed - but that doesn't mean that you
don't have to vote for them on the ballot. I sometimes wonder how
Philadelphia has any representation at all. I've seen such low numbers
in the past that it's embarrassing - but I hope that now that you've had
a taste of what happens when a pseudo dictator takes over the country
and tries to destroy democracy, you'll totally understand that ALL VOTES
COUNT, there is absolutely NO SUCH THING AS NEUTRAL! - that NOT TO
DECIDE IS TO DECIDE against your own best interests; and to SIT IT OUT,
or SITTING ON THE SIDELINES IS IRRESPONSIBLE, IGNORANT, AND TAKES AWAY
YOUR RIGHTS ALTOGETHER!
SO VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
PENNSYLVANIA'S MAY 17TH Primary is only the preliminary - ONLY HALF THE JOB!
You
then have to bring it home in November and make sure that all along the
way you are building up the strength and participation necessary to
keep PENNSYLVANIA BLUE!! There are so many things that are going to
rely on your vote now and in the future - including RE-ESTABLISHING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, AND A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE - among other things.
Let's
not squander our opportunities, rights and responsibilities by sitting
on the sidelines and hoping someone else will do our job for us!
Don't know who they are? Click on https://billypenn.com/2022/05/08/procrastinators-guide-may-primary-election-2022-philadelphia/#pasenate
NOW THAT YOU KNOW
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT???
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Gloria DULAN-Wilson
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VOTE IN THE MAY 17TH PRIMARY
OUR MIDTERM VOTES MATTER
