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(Political Candidates: Deadline for submissions to Tube City Almanac is May 2. Entries will be published May 9. Details below.)
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Voter Deadline Monday: Allegheny County residents who wish to vote in the upcoming May 17 primary election must be registered by Monday, county spokesman Kevin Evanto says.
Registered voters who have moved or changed their name or party affiliation also must notify the Elections Division by Monday. Individuals must be registered in a political party in order to vote in that party's primary.
To qualify, potential voters must have been United States citizens at least one month prior to the primary, a resident of Pennsylvania and his or her election district for at least 30 days before the primary, and 18 years of age on or before the day of the primary.
Individuals who still need to register should apply in person from 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Office of the Registration Commission in Room 609 of the County Office Building, 542 Forbes Ave., downtown Pittsburgh. The Elections Division will stay open until 5 p.m. Monday to accept hand-delivered voter registration forms, Evanto says.
Allegheny County residents who have questions or would like to verify their registration status should call the Elections Division at (412) 350-4510 or visit the county's website.
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Jason, with the elections coming up, wondering if you would consider a short blurb about the new McKeesport Community Forum out there for people to get onto and discuss city matters.
The site is mckeesportcommunity dot forumotion dot com
Right now, only a few people have registered and there are few posts.
I really want to see a better community forum out there to discuss city-related topics…..I know a lot of folks respect your site and it would be an encouragement to those sitting on the fence looking for an alternative to Topix…one that aims at real discussion versus just anonymously libeling people.
This new site aims at discussions that are open and disagreements are fine as long as everyone acts like adults. No unfounded libelous material will be allowed. Ideas that are expressed and noted as opinions only are fine….but ridiculous claims will not be. This is not meant to be a whistle-blower’s forum. Topix already has that area filled, although I think it fails at that because of the unmoderated nature of it.
Maybe the new forum will never take off…maybe McKeesporters are not interested…but I am hoping they will be, and hoping that legitimate folks need to see it mentioned somewhere else legitimate to take it seriously.
Your mentioning the site would probably draw some criticism from the usual cretins over at Topix, but those aren’t the folks I am hoping to see on the new forum.
Our city needs a legitimate forum…...
shadango - April 15, 2011
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