Municipal Elections 101: Judge of elections and other key voting positions on Pa.’s November ballot

Story by Carter Walker of Votebeat

Municipal Elections 101 from Spotlight PA educates readers about the local positions on their ballots and empowers them to make informed decisions. This edition is made possible through a collaboration with Votebeat , a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting.

More than 27,000 poll worker positions will be on ballots across Pennsylvania this November, allowing voters to select who will be in charge of their precincts during the 2026 and 2028 election cycles.

Only Pennsylvanians are voting for these positions . No other state still elects its poll workers, and these contests are usually riddled with vacancies .

That makes elections for poll workers more complicated than most.

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