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They know when it’s time to give all of us a break. That’s good for our psyche, but it probably is not, in the long run, good for our democratic form of government. We’re going through what is, probably, the most off of all of the recent off-year election cycles. Not that we didn’t need a little bit of a break, having come through one of the most contentious presidential elections many of us have ever witnessed. And in the end, we learned, once again, about the importance of voting. There were about 155,506,321 votes cast for president in November. When all of those votes were counted, Joe Biden won not only the popular vote 81,283,361 to Donald Trump’s 74,222,960 but also prevailed in the Electoral College, 306 to 232. ....
From staff reports STEUBENVILLE – The filing deadline for the May 4 primary election passed Wednesday with only a handful of candidates locally throwing their hats in the ring. Steubenville residents currently have one contested race and two levies to decide when they go to the polls in May. A 1-mill levy renewal also is on the ballot for voters in the Bantam Ridge, Brentwood, Cross Creek and West Park precincts. In Steubenville: Incumbent 4th Ward Councilman Scott Dressel, 411 Madison St., will battle Royal Mayo, 544 Highland Ave., for the Democratic nomination. No one filed on the Republican ticket. Incumbent 2nd Ward Councilman Craig Petrella, 1665 Moreland Drive, is unopposed on the Democratic ticket in the primary election. He’ll square off with Republican Tracy McManamon, 616 Belleview Blvd., in November. ....