Pennsylvania
VOTER GUIDE: Pennsylvania Primary Election 2022
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Might 17, to solid their ballots within the 2022 Main Election. Right here’s every thing it is advisable know:
What’s on the poll?
- The 2 large races we’re watching are for Pennsylvania governor and the state’s U.S. Senate seat.
- Within the gubernatorial race, Pennsylvania Lawyer Basic Josh Shapiro is the lone Democrat. In the meantime, 9 Republicans are on the poll: Lou Barletta, Jake Corman III, Joe Gale, Charlie Gerow, Melissa Hart, Doug Mastriano, Invoice McSwain, David White, and Nche Zama.
- Working for the senate seat on the Democratic aspect are: John Fetterman, Malcolm Kenyatta, Alexandria Khalil and Conor Lamb. On the Republican aspect are: Kathy Barnette, Jeff Bartos, George Bochetto, Sean Gale, David McCormick, Mehmet Oz and Carla Sands.
- To view a pattern poll and questions primarily based in your deal with, click on right here.
What time do the polls open?
- Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
The place is my polling place?
You possibly can find your polling place by typing your county of residence, metropolis, avenue title, home quantity, and zip code, right here.
How do I test my registration standing?
You possibly can test on the Division of State web site by looking by title, driver’s license quantity or together with your PennDOT ID.
How do I register to vote?
There are 4 methods to register to vote:
How do I request an absentee or main-in poll?
- Any certified voter might apply for a mail-in poll. You possibly can request this poll with no motive. When you plan to be out of the municipality on Election Day or if in case you have a incapacity or sickness that forestalls you from going to your polling place on Election Day, you’ll be able to request an absentee poll – which requires you to record a motive in your poll. To request an absentee or mail-in poll, click on right here.
- Mail-in ballots should be acquired by your county election workplace by 8 p.m., Might 17. When you’ve got an emergency (resembling an surprising sickness or incapacity or last-minute absence out of your municipality) you should still be capable to get a poll after the deadline. Discover details about methods to get an emergency absentee poll.
- You possibly can hand-deliver your poll earlier than 8 p.m. on Main Election Day to your county election workplace or different formally designated website. Some counties are offering drop-boxes for mail ballots. For a listing of all of the poll return and satellite tv for pc places, click on right here.
- When you already submitted a mail-in or absentee poll, you can’t vote at your polling place on Election Day.
- When you didn’t return your mail-in or absentee poll and also you wish to vote in particular person, you will have two choices:
- Deliver your poll and the pre-addressed outer return envelope to your polling place to be voided. After you give up your poll and envelope and signal a declaration, you’ll be able to then vote a daily poll.
- When you don’t give up your poll and return envelope, you’ll be able to solely vote by provisional poll at your polling place. Your county board of elections will then confirm that you simply didn’t vote by mail earlier than counting your provisional poll.
Deadlines:
- Might 2: Final day to REGISTER earlier than the first
- Might 10: Final day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee poll
- Might 17: Final day for County Board of Elections to obtain voted mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (should be acquired by 8 p.m.)
Extra about voting on the polls:
- In case you are eligible to vote on a daily poll, you’ll both hand mark a paper poll or vote utilizing a poll marking machine. All Pennsylvania voting techniques have been up to date since 2018, and the voting techniques are totally different from one county to a different. Find out about your county’s voting system.
- In case you are not eligible to vote a daily poll, you might be supplied a provisional poll. Find out about provisional ballots.
- When you encounter a problem on the polls, you’ll be able to submit a proper grievance to your county board of elections and/or district legal professional for investigation right here.
The place can I discover election outcomes?
Election outcomes are posted on the election overview pages, in addition to the related candidate pages.
Obtain the CBS Philly app to get breaking information alerts and election outcomes.
Pennsylvania
Bacteria In Toothpaste: What PA Customers Need To Know
PENNSYLVANIA— Any Pennsylvania residents who use Tom’s of Maine toothpaste and have noticed a strange taste or smell from the product aren’t alone, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, which recently detailed how bacteria was found in some of the company’s products and black mold was discovered at a facility.
The agency this month issued a warning letter to Tom’s of Maine Inc. about its “significant violations” of manufacturing regulations for pharmaceuticals, and discussed a May inspection of the facility in Sanford, Maine.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a type of bacteria that can cause blood and lung infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was found from June 2021 to October 2022 in samples of water that was used to make Tom’s Simply White Clean Mint Paste, the letter stated. The water was also used for the final rinse in equipment cleaning.
Gram-negative cocco-bacilli Paracoccus yeei, which is associated with several infections, according to the Hartmann Science Center, was in a batch of the company’s Wicked Cool! Anticavity Toothpaste, the letter stated.
Ralstonia insidiosa, a waterborne bacteria, according to the Journal of Medical Microbiology, was repeatedly found at water points of use at the facility, the letter stated.
“A black mold-like substance” was discovered within one foot of equipment that came into contact with products, according to the letter, which stated the substance was at the base of a hose reel and behind a water storage tank.
The company received about 400 complaints related to toothpaste odor, color and taste, including in relation to products for children, but the complaints were not investigated, the letter said.
“We have always tested finished goods before they leave our control, and we remain fully confident in the safety and quality of the toothpaste we make,” Tom’s of Maine said, according to News Center Maine. “In addition, we have engaged water specialists to evaluate our systems at Sanford, have implemented additional safeguards to ensure compliance with FDA standards, and our water testing shows no issues.”
In the federal administration’s letter, dated Nov. 5, the agency directed the company to provide multiple risk assessments, reserve sample test results from all unexpired batches, and a water system remediation plan, among other things. The administration requested a written response from Tom’s of Maine within 15 working days.
With reporting by Anna Schier of Patch.
Pennsylvania
How Philadelphia took care of its own through history
The Orphan Society was formed by a committee of wealthy Philadelphia women, notably Sarah Ralston and Rebecca Gratz, who each took the role of social reformer very seriously.
Gratz, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant, also formed the Female Association for the Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, and the Hebrew Sunday School. Gratz College in Elkins Park is named after her.
“She never married,” Barnes said. “She did things like put her money and her time toward doing that kind of public service.”
Ralston, the daughter of onetime Philadelphia mayor Matthew Clarkson, also formed the Indigent Widows and Single Women’s Society, which ultimately became the Sarah Ralston Foundation supporting elder care in Philadelphia. The historic mansion she built to house indigent widows still stands on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, which is now its chief occupant.
Women like Ralston and Gratz were part of the 19th-century Reform Movement that sought to undo some of the inhumane conditions brought about by the rapid industrialization of cities. Huge numbers of people from rural America and foreign countries came into urban cities for factory work, and many fell into poverty, alcoholism, and prostitution.
“These are not new problems, but on a much larger scale than they ever were,” Barnes said. “It was just kind of in the zeitgeist in the mid- and later-1800s to say, ‘We’ve got to address all these problems.”
The reform organizations could be highly selective and impose a heavy dose of 19th-century moralism. The Indigent Widows and Single Women’s Society, for example, only selected white women from upper-class backgrounds whose fortunes had turned, rejecting women who were in poor health, “fiery-tempered,” or in one case, simply “ordinary.”
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