Ballot Snafu Corrected For General Election In Yardley

YARDLEY, PA —The borough's Democratic Party hopes to make history next month.

For the first time in the borough's history,all seven council seats are up for vote at the same time. And now, those seven candidates have the chance to be declared winners as they run unopposed in the Nov. 7 general election.

That didn't happen in the May primary election: One candidate lost due to a ballot error.

Karen Vander Laan, chairwoman of the Lower Makefield-Yardley Democratic Party, said that the error has been corrected on the general election ballot.

"Yes, the snafu has been resolved," she told Patch this week. "The correct candidates with the correct corresponding correct years of the term will be listed on the ballot on Nov. 7."

Patch first reported the ballot snafu in May right before the primary election.

Voters were supposed to be able to choose all four candidates for a two-year Borough Council term. However, the ballot stated that only three candidates could be chosen and that had newcomer Jared Stump finishing fourth.

"There was a screw-up," Vander Laan said at that time.

Yardley residents will vote on three, four-year full terms and four half-terms of two years. The half-terms are on the ballot due to vacancies on the council over the past two years.

The candidates have said their top priorities for the upcoming term include: walkability and traffic calming, environmental issues related to Lake Afton and the local watersheds, retention of Yardley’s police force, modernizing fiscal management tools, and continued transparency with the public.

"2023 will be a historic year in Yardley Borough as all seven council seats are up for election, a first in the history of the town," Thompson said.

Here are the candidates as they will appear on the Nov. 7 general election ballot:

Borough Council (2-Year Term) Vote for Four

• Jared Stump
• Uri Feiner
• Don Carlson
• Caroline Thompson

Borough Council (4-Year Term) Vote For Three

• Kim Segal-Morris
• David Appelbaum
• Michelle Sharer

Tax Collector

Christine Ventresca