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Your Vote is Your Voice


Are you Ready to Vote?

  
November 5, 2024
is the General Election

Get more information about voting and the candidates at  VOTE411

Election Dates and Deadlines

  • October 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM  Deadline to register to vote/update registration at the Official PA Site.  Vote.PA.Gov
  • October 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM  Deadline for Mail-in or Absentee Ballot applications to be received by the County Election office. (Postmarks do not count.)  Apply for Mail-in or Absentee Ballot at the Official PA Site.  Mail-in or Absentee Ballot Request Application
  • November 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM  Deadline for Mail-in Ballots to be received by the County Election Office. (Postmarks do not count.)
  • November 5, 2024 Polls open at 7:00 AM and close at 8:00 PM.

Contact Information for the

Westmoreland County Election Bureau

 

2 North Main Street

Suite 109

Greensburg, PA 15601
Phone: (724)830-3150

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New!!!
The Westmoreland County Election Board approved polling locations for the upcoming November 5, 2024 Election and there are some location and name changes!
See the full list of polling locations
Go to VOTE411 to find your polling location.
All 306 Westmoreland County precinct polling locations
are now ADA accessible.


Call to Action
Use your talents and your voice to make an impact



Help Us Get the Word Out On


Please volunteer to place

VOTE411 yard signs 

in high traffic locations

around Westmoreland County.



LWVWC has ordered

VOTE411 yard signs

and we are hoping to

recruit 10 volunteers

to place 10 signs each.



We would also like the volunteers to collect the signs very promptly

after the election

so that we can reuse them.


October 12 is the target date

for placing the signs.


Please volunteer

at

 VOTE411 Yard Sign Volunteers





Free Webinar for Members


Board of Election Training



October 7, 2024

5:00 - 6:00 PM



Click here to register.


 

Training for observing

Board of Elections meetings

and making public comments

at these meetings.



LWV Election 2024 Webinar Series

This weekly training series

is for League members

to engage on a variety of

vital election topics ahead of voting

in the 2024 general election.




Join the AP-LWVPA Turnout Project

 The League of Women Voters of PA is partnering again with the

Associated Press on an

Election Day

Voter Turnout Project.


If you are planning to vote in person on election day, all you need to do is ask what number voter you are when you vote (or report periodically if you are a poll worker), and then report your voter number and the time you voted to the AP using an online form.

It's really easy! 

Email paturnout@ap.org to sign up for the AP-LWVPA Turnout Project.


The information you share will help the AP refine its voter turnout data models throughout the day before the polls close.




Free Webinar for Members


Poll Monitor Training



October 21, 2024

6:30 - 7:30 PM


Register HERE to join this training.


Sign up to be a poll monitor 

and attend this information session

about training on poll monitoring

with Jill Greene from Common Cause




LWV Election 2024 Webinar Series

This weekly training series

is for League members

to engage on a variety of

vital election topics ahead of voting

in the 2024 general election.




Timely Topics Events

Check the Calendar for upcoming Timely Topics

and
click on the links below to see videos of past events 🧐


See the video
of the most recent

Timely Topics
Event😃 


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"Disinformation in Local News, Social Media & Election Integrity"
(Click on the title link above to view the presentation on YouTube.)

Presented By Dr. Lara Putnam from the University Of Pittsburgh Disinformation Lab



(View videos of other Timely Topics presentations on YouTube.)

 

"What Closed Primaries Mean to Pennsylvania Voters"

"Election Integrity and All Other Things Election"




(View videos of other Timely Topics presentations on YouTube.)

 

"K-12 Governance and the Role of School Boards"

 

"Finding One Billion Dollars: Funding Westmoreland County Schools"



Making a difference in our community
Empowering Voters                      Defending Democracy 

2024 Scottdale Pride Composition
2023 Greensburg Summer Sounds Sam
June 2023 Twin Lakes 2

Scottdale Pride
Voter Information Event

2024 was our third year at this event in Scottdale engaging the attendees on voting issues and
sharing our new
VOTE411 QR coded bracelets and keychain tags. 

 

Greensburg
Summer Sounds

It was a beautiful August evening for the LWVWC voter registration and information event at the Greensburg Summer Sounds concert.
Fix Harrisburg volunteers joined us to share how changes to the
PA legislature can help enact more bipartisan solutions to improve our communities.
Fix Harrisburg

Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival

LWVWC members spent a June 2023 day sharing VOTE411 and Fix Harrisburg information  and collecting signatures for the petition to impact legislative rules so that bipartisan supported bills get brought up for a vote.

 

 

 

Want to Know More About Elections in Westmoreland County?

To watch the video on elections and election security by Greg McClosky, Director of Westmoreland County Operations and the Election Bureau, click on Election Integrity and All Other Things Election.
 

 

   

Get more information on our Voting Info page or at VOTE411

Common Misconceptions About Election Security
Responses are from the Official Pennsylvania Department of State Website

 

Misconception:  "We need to use paper ballots for our elections"

Fact:  As of June 2, 2020, all 67 of the Pennsylvania's counties have deployed voting systems that produce voter-verifiable paper records and meet 21st-century standards of security, auditability and accessibility.

Misconception:  "The voting machines are being hacked over the internet and votes are being changed"

Fact:  All certified voting systems in Pennsylvania, including the election management system and vote-tallying components, are never connected to or permitted on internet-facing networks.  

There is no evidence that Pennsylvania’s voter rolls or vote results have ever been hacked or compromised.

Misconception:  "The election results are not audited."

Fact:  "To ensure votes are counted correctly, Pennsylvania counties currently conduct two types of post-election analyses: a statistical sample required by law and a statewide risk-limiting audit. 

Misconception:  "More people voted in the last election than were eligible to vote"

Fact:  A layered set of protections is in place to secure voter registration databases.

 

To see that more voting age people are eligible to vote than actually voted in the last election in PA, check out the current PA Voter Turnout and Voting Age Population numbers from the PA Department of State at Voting and Election Statistics 

Misconception:  "How can we be certain that votes aren't being changed?"

Fact:  Local election officials employ physical protections, cybersecurity techniques and pre & post election examinations.  Once the polls close on election day, official precinct election results are hand-delivered to county election officials.  
Watch this video from the PA Department of State on Election Security at the Local Level 

The LWVWC encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. 

The LWVWC is nonpartisan and committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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