Find a drop box for your mail ballot in the Pa. primary (and other stuff you should know)
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Election volunteers conduct pre-canvassing of mail-in and absentee ballots at the Dauphin County Administration Building in Harrisburg. The volunteers inspect the envelopes and separate the privacy envelope from the ballot envelope to prepare ballots for scanning. November 3, 2020.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
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If you requested a mail-in ballot to vote in Pennsylvania’s primary election but figure you may be out of time to send it in the mail, you still have some options.
Some counties have drop boxes or satellite offices where you can return mail-in ballots or absentee ballots. The primary election is Tuesday, May 18. All ballots - including mail-in ballots - must be returned by 8 p.m. on May 18.
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In a second attempt to pass a COVID-19 liability shield, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 605 on April 6, 2021. If signed into law, H.B. 605 would protect (among others) colleges, universities, and K-12 schools from civil liability for damages or personal injury relating to actual or alleged COVID-19 exposure. This shield would apply to acts or omissions throughout the duration of the ongoing disaster-emergency period, which began on March, 6, 2020 when Governor Wolf signed the first disaster-emergency proclamation.
Sweeping Protection for COVID-Exposure Cases
Under House Bill 605, educational institutions
A new election means new ballot questions, and the often confusing legal language that comes with them. Below is an explainer to help voters sift through the legalese of the big ballot questions this primary. Five questions will appear on all Allegheny County ballots outside of the city of Pittsburgh, and six will appear on ballots within the city.
Pittsburgh City Ballot Question: No-knock warrant ban
Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter be amended and supplemented by adding a new Article 10: Powers of the Pittsburgh Police, containing Section 1001, which shall bar employees of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police from executing warrants at any residence without knocking and announcing themselves?