{"id":21989,"date":"2016-11-08T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=21989"},"modified":"2016-11-09T07:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T12:02:38","slug":"lets-vote-chester-county-polls-open-at-7-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=21989","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Vote Chester County! Polls open at 7 a.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Election2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2387\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Election2016-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"election2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a>So, finally it comes down to this: casting your vote in a number of elections ranging from U.S. President to who represents you in the state legislature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">No more attack ads, no more mailers \u2014 just a trip to the polls to decide who wins and loses. Polls in Pennsylvania will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. If you are unsure of your registration status or where to vote, <a href=\"http:\/\/VotesPA.com\"><span class=\"s2\">VotesPA.com<\/span><\/a> has complete information for voters.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to a ballot question on judges retirement age \u2013 a \u201cYes\u201d vote would raise the age from 70 to 75 \u2014 the following offices are up for election today:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 President and Vice President of the United States<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 One of Pennsylvania\u2019s two U.S. Senators<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 All of the state\u2019s 18 members in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 PA Attorney General<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 PA Auditor General<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 PA Treasurer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 Half of Pennsylvania\u2019s state Senators (odd-numbered districts \u2013 1st, 3rd\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"> \u2022 All of the state House Representatives<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The state has also set up a complete election returns site, which will update periodically throughout the evening with results after the polls close: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electionreturns.pa.gov\"><span class=\"s3\">http:\/\/www.electionreturns.pa.gov<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Again, remember that no one is allowed to harass you at the polls (in the actual polling area \u2014 you do have to work your way through the procession of poll greeters allow to be no closer than 100 feet from the actual poling place) \u2014 if it happens, immediately report it. If you are challenged, make sure to cast a provisional ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, finally it comes down to this: casting your vote in a number of elections ranging from U.S. President to who represents you in the state legislature. No more attack ads, no more mailers \u2014 just a trip to the polls to decide who wins and loses. Polls in Pennsylvania will be open from 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,1385],"class_list":["post-21989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-election-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21990,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21989\/revisions\/21990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}