(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – An early election ballot completion area is prepared at a collection location inside the North Park Ice Skating Rink Lodge area, Oct. 9, 2020, in McCandless, Pa. Pennsylvania’s state Senate approved a bill Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, to move up the state’s 2024 primary election by five weeks to March 19, aiming to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Passover and give voters more of a say in deciding presidential nominees. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of State, 33 Pennsylvania high schools won Governor’s Civic Engagement Awards. These awards were given because of efforts lead by students to register their peers that were eligible to vote during the 2024-2025 school year. Gold and Silver Level Awards were given to these schools for at least 65% registration for eligible students. 555 Pennsylvania students also won awards by helping their peers register to vote.