Allegheny County executive Rich Fitzgerald wants the overwhelming majority of ballots in the county to be sent in by mail, not via the traditional polling places that many are used to visiting on election days.
“We know that over 150,000 Allegheny County voters have either applied for, and/or received their ballots,” Stevens said in a May 10 letter to Fitzgerald, obtained by the New Pittsburgh Courier.
The Black leaders want county government to create an “aggressive public education campaign” to inform county residents of the “extreme lack” of polling places that will be open on June 2; the option to vote by mail, including the proper procedures and timelines for filling out and returning the applications; and the proper procedures and timelines for receiving, casting and returning their ballots.
If you haven’t already received a mail-in ballot through the regular mail, you can apply for one in a few ways: visit alleghenyvotes.com and apply online for a mail-in ballot with a valid state drivers’ license or photo ID; visit alleghenyvotes.com and download and print out a mail-in ballot application, which can then be sent via regular mail; visit the County Elections office, 542 Forbes Ave., Suite 601.
Stevens is calling on Fitzgerald and Allegheny County, though, to use its financial and influential muscle to make the June 2 Primary and its ways of voting a trending topic in Allegheny County African American homes now, before it’s too late.
