At a meeting of the NorCo Elections Commission on Tuesday, Executive Lamont McClure suggested an on-demand voting office for Bethlehem's south side, starting with the 2025 general election. His suggestion is in response to long lines at the Banana Factory voting precinct in last November's presidential, in which Lehigh University students waited in long lines to be able to vote.
Contrary to what some Lehigh U students had been led to believe, they can vote by mail or at an on-demand voting station so long as they are registered voters.
Currently, ballot-by-demand voting is possible only at the elections office, located in the bowels of the county courthouse. Even there, voters waited in line for several hours before being able to vote.
McClure is hopeful that Lehigh U will make part of its campus available as a voting precent as well as a ballot-by-demand voting station.
In other business, Elections Comm'n Solicitor Michael Vargo said that litigation concerning the date requirement on mail-in ballots has finally been resolved. Federal courts have determined that the statutory requirement that mail-in ballots be dated is constitutional.
Elections Registrar Chris Commini informed the Commission that 69,000 letters have been sent to those wishing to vote by mail, including an application for a mail-in ballot. The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot is May 13, 5 pm.
Candidates who wish to appear on the ballot were able to start circulating on February 18, with all nomination petitions due on March 11. The seats up for election are located here.
9 comments:
Sounds crooked to me. I think we need a new law that requires these young skulls full of mush to vote in their home precincts. Just what we need - a bunch of commie-indoctrinated students diluting our votes!
Sure in one of the most Democratic leaming precincts of the county. Was this an issue at Lafayette?
The dems just want to make sure the woke lehigh whiners are coddled
Bernie,
We have a serious problem with the ballot on demand. YOU MUST BRING AN ID WITH YOU. RACIST RACIST RACIST, VOTER SUPRESSION. Below is directly from the county website and I have the link below. I am sure you will address this issue and how it will marginalize students of color at Lehigh. This is so upsetting I need a therapy cat to make me feel better.
You must bring a valid ID with you to the Elections Office to receive a ballot.
https://www.norcopa.gov/index.php?section=press-releases&prrid=138
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how-id-requirements-harm-marginalized-communities-and-their-right-to-vote/
I long for the days when Lehigh had higher standards and unleashed bank robbers, drug dealers and murderers on the surrounding area. I wonder if they knew how to vote?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-lehigh-student-admits-bank-robbery/
https://www.mcall.com/2001/11/03/former-lehigh-student-gets-jail-for-selling-marijuana-on-campus-judge-makes-example-of-19-year-old-from-syracuse/
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1990/524-pa-135-1.html
They’re likely already voting at home (by mail) also.
Terrible idea.
Gasp! That’s ridiculous lol.
Well then, what was this hullabaloo all about? They cant be legally voting both at home and in Bethlehem.
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