kdka.com - Voters Head To The Polls For Primary Election Day Meanwhile, voters in Pittsburgh will choose a controller plus four city council seats are up for grabs.No they won't.
Election day, May 15, 2007, is a primary. Voters are only going to choose party nominations for controller and city council slots. The seats are not up for grabs until the general election in November. The winner of the general election gets the seat. The winner of the primary only gets onto the November general election ballot.
The election on May 15 is a closed, state-run, subsidizd primary for the old parties.
There is plenty of "grabbing" going on in Pittsburgh political circles. Take, take, take. They grab with gusto. But on election day -- in the primary -- it is time to punish, not grab.
The outcome of the votes on the primary is about the loyalists getting to measure their level of distain. Other loyalist are present trying to take the nomination so that they can be more loyal to the residents in taking more in the years to come.
Grabs and clutching are key concepts for doing well in the Pittsburgh Democratic Party.
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Voters Head To The Polls For Primary Election Day
Polls close at 8 p.m. state-wide.
(KDKA) PITTSBURGH There are some important issues and races that are going to have to be decided by voters in today's Primary Election in Pennsylvania.
Voters will be asked to decide whether to raise school income taxes in exchange for lowering school property taxes.
The answer depends greatly on family income.
There is a break even point at which the benefits of a tax cut are wiped out.
Meanwhile, voters in Pittsburgh will choose a controller plus four city council seats are up for grabs.
Less than half of the 11 Allegheny County council seats are being contested.
Ten candidates are competing for four spots on the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court and voters will also have a chance to select candidates running for the State Superior and Supreme Courts.
The two top spots on the ballot, Allegheny County Executive and the Pittsburgh Mayor, are not facing any major challenges.
However, Pittsburgh Republicans are hoping to get a write-in candidate to challenge Ravenstahl in the primary.
Pittsburgh hasn't elected a Republican mayor since the 1930s.
This year, the GOP did not put a candidate on the ballot.
After Bill Peduto dropped out of the race, the GOP decided to give it a go.
They're urging Republicans to write in the name of businessman Mark DeSantis.
Allegheny County election officials estimate that 30 percent of Democrats and 25 percent of Republicans will show up at the polls today.
Because of Primary Election Day, all Allegheny County offices and row offices will be closed as will the Court of Common Pleas.
Pittsburgh city offices are open.
Mark,
Lets grab a cup of coffee at the Starbucks on E. Carson St. sometime soon.
Thanks
Mark DeSantis
mark_desantis@msn.com
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