Several local advocacy groups are encouraging Erie County residents to make their voices heard at the ballot box during a voter awareness event scheduled for, October 8.<\/p>\n
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Members of Presque Isle Rise Up, Erie Resistance Singers, Erie Visibility Project, and the Erie Bridge Brigade will gather outside the Erie County Courthouse at 3:15 p.m. to highlight the importance of civic engagement and voter participation ahead of the November general election.<\/p>\n
Organizers say the event aims to encourage eligible voters to exercise their right to vote, increase awareness of voter rights, and promote participation in local, state, and national elections.<\/p>\n
The gathering will also draw attention to Pennsylvania’s early voting option, known as on-demand mail ballot voting. Registered voters can apply for a mail-in ballot in person at the Erie County Elections Office, located in the courthouse, and in many cases complete and return their ballot during the same visit.<\/p>\n
Organizers are inviting community members to attend the rally and consider casting their early vote while at the courthouse.<\/p>\n
Important election deadlines are approaching. The voter registration deadline is October 19, while the deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot is October 27. Election Day is November 3, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mail ballots must be received by county election officials by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.<\/p>\n
The event is intended to raise awareness of voting opportunities and remind residents of the role they play in the democratic process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several local advocacy groups are encouraging Erie County residents to make their voices heard at the ballot box…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[40360,7722,136,138,137,70960,124017,10715],"class_list":["post-301152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-civic-engagement","tag-early-voting","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-mail-in-ballot","tag-voter-awareness","tag-voting-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}