Primary Day 2024: how to vote in Pennsylvania for nominees for president, Congress and state offices

A person arrives at the Church of the Resurrection polling station in Monroeville on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) Pa voters can select nominees today for November’s General Election. Vote in person or return a mail ballot by 8 p.m. by Charlie Wolfson, PublicSource Polls are open for the 2024 primary elections today until 8 p.m., and Allegheny County voters have until that time to return mail-in ballots to the elections office Downtown. Democratic and Republican primaries for president, Congress, statewide office and state legislature are on the ballot to determine nominees for the General Election on Nov. 5. Voting by mail has been underway for weeks, and tallies released by the county so far suggest no change to the now-familiar pattern of Democrats making significant use of mail-in balloting (the only form of early voting available in Pennsylvania) while Republicans overwhelmingly wait until Election Day to vote.& Of about 121,712 primary ballots mailed to county voters, 82% went to Democrats. While state GOP leaders have& begun imploring their voters& to adopt early voting, former President Donald Trump has continued disparaging mail voting. At least for now, Allegheny County Republicans appear to be largely following the former...