{"id":24279,"date":"2025-11-04T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/24279\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:44:11","slug":"election-day-2025-polls-open-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/24279\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day 2025: Polls open in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15f1983c58590883e4619d3b4e8304ab.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s Election Day, and although it\u2019s an off-year election, voter turnout could be higher than average.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Voters will decide on retention for Pennsylvania\u2019s three Supreme Court justices &#8212; that\u2019s whether or not they\u2019ll get another 10-year term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And Pittsburghers will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/decision-2025-city-pittsburgh-democratic-mayoral-debate\/60b002c1-d7f2-4c9c-8690-d46af9509047\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:decide on the city\u2019s next mayor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">decide on the city\u2019s next mayor<\/a>: Democrat Corey O\u2019Connor or Republican Tony Moreno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The polls will be open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Channel 11 is your Decision 2025 headquarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Don\u2019t know where your polling place is? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/services\/vote\/find-your-local-polling-place.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to find out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We\u2019ll be following any updates or issues throughout the day below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">____________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Update 7:30 a.m.: <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Allegheny County spokesperson Abigail Gardner said one polling location had a delayed opening this morning:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPrecincts Pittsburgh 12-14, 12-15, and 12-16 which are all located at the Chadwick Center polling location at 1649 Oberlin Street was delayed in opening due to the equipment being locked away in a part of the building elections volunteers could not immediate access. Staff is on location, has accessed the locked equipment, and is setting up the polling place now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Election Day, and although it\u2019s an off-year election, voter turnout could be higher than average. 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