(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) With Pennsylvania’s primary election set for May 20th, a nonpartisan group is working to raise awareness about voter registration. Over 8.7 million Pennsylvanians are eligible to vote in the municipal election. Amy Widestrom from the League of Women Voters is concerned about low turnout in local races, noting Montgomery County’s forty-one-point-nine percent turnout in 2023. She says one precinct saw less than one percent – only 379 voters. She emphasizes the importance of voting for key positions. She adds Pennsylvanians must register to vote by May 5th to cast a ballot in the primary and the last day to apply for a mail-in-ballot is May 13.