Politics & Government

Election Day is Tuesday; Find Your Polling Place Here

Pennsylvania's primary elections will be held Tuesday, May 20.

Primary elections are held so that voters can choose their party's nominees to appear on the ballot in November.

Pennsylvania's primaries are closed, which means that you must be a registered Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary, or a registered Republican to vote in the Republican primary.

Use this online tool to find your polling place; simply input your address and it will tell you where you go to vote.

In Pennsylvania, you must register to vote 30 days prior to an election in order to be eligible to vote. See if you're eligible to vote in Tuesday's primary here.

Four Democrats are vying to be their party's gubernatorial nominee: state Treasurer Robert McCord; Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz; and Thomas W. Wolf, former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.

The winner of Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary will face Gov. Tom Corbett in November.


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