In Center City Philly, voters focus on electability and issues

[RandySF]

PHILADELPHIA — In Center City early Tuesday afternoon the polling station at the Kimmel Center had a light – but steady – pace of voters, according to Elaine Petrossian, the 8th Ward Democratic Executive Committee leader.

Petrossian said the lack of turnout was due to the fact that most people in the 8th Ward were mailing in their ballots. She said it was positive to see so many voters take part in this primary and “meet the moment” – whether that be a mail-in ballot or in-person voting.

But mail-in ballot voters will be missing out on something new during this year’s primary race.

As of this election, Philadelphia is implementing new electronic poll books to help polling workers check people in more efficiently and quickly. Petrossian said it had been going well so far.

“Change is always a challenge, but [the electronic poll books] have been received positively,” Petrossian told the Capital-Star.




https://www.penncapital-star.com/campaigns-elections/live-coverage-primary-election-day-2023-in-pennsylvania/

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. Just voted.

My 80-year-old father is my poll worker and he had zero problem figuring it out. Really sped up the process. Usually they’re digging through giant books trying to locate a name. I approve of the change.

Took a lot longer to navigate the massive ballot than to get into the booth.