Elections for governor, congress and a county-wide referendum are among the races on the ballot in Marple and Newtown townships for the upcoming midterms.
General Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here's a rundown on some basics before Election Day, including what's on the ballot and different ways to cast your vote.
Here are the races on the ballots in Marple and Newtown. You can find your sample ballot here.
*denotes incumbent candidates
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
U.S. House of Representatives: Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District
Pennsylvania State Senator, 26th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Marple and Newtown are divided among several State House districts. To find yours, you can search your address on the state legislature's website.
165th Legislative District (includes Marple Township Wards 4 [PART, Division 2] and Wards 5, 6 and 7]
166th Legislative District (includes Marple Township Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 [PART, Divisions 1 and 3])
168th Legislative District (includes all of Newtown Township)
Referendum: Delaware County Water Quality, Natural Areas, and Wildlife Habitat Protection
Delco residents will vote on whether to allow the county government to borrow up to $120 million to finance land-conservation projects. County officials say the funds will help protect drinking water, protect air quality, conserve wetlands to prevent flooding, and protect natural areas from development.
If the majority of voters approve the measure, the Delaware County Council will have 10 years to issue bonds if they choose to. Borrowing the full $120 million would cost the average household $24 per year.
Here's the ballot question word-for-word:
To the voters of Delaware County, Pennsylvania:
Shall debt in the maximum principal amount of up to $120 million be authorized for purposes of financing land conservation, including protecting drinking water sources, water quality in rivers and creeks, wildlife habitat, conserving trees to protect air quality, conserving wetlands to prevent flooding, providing greenways and parks, protecting natural areas from development, and related costs, to be incurred by the County as debt approved by the voters, requiring public disclosure and annual independent audits?
There are multiple ways to cast your ballot.
Vote In-Person
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. through 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. If you're not sure where to cast your ballot, you can find your polling place here.
Vote By Mail
Registered voters can choose to vote by mail. (The deadline to register before the General Election was Oct. 19.)
The deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot is 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 — seven days before the election.
Completed mail-in ballots must be received by the Bureau of Elections no later than 8 p.m. Nov. 3, when polls closed.
Voters can choose to submit their mail-in ballot by placing it in a ballot drop box. This is the most direct way to vote by mail, since it brings your ballot straight to the election authority.
One drop box is located outside the Marple Public Library (227 S Sproul Road, Broomall). Another one is outside the Newtown Township Municipal Building (209 Bishop Hollow Road, Newtown Square).
The drop boxes are available until 8 p.m. Nov. 3, when polls close.
Click the following links for more information on voting by mail and the county's drop box locations.
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