Election Day is next Tuesday

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Aaron Bashir and Rep. GT Thompson, at Bashir’s fundraiser Saturday at Cannstatter’s.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mail-in ballots can be inserted into drop boxes at the South Broad Street apron of City Hall; at Riverview Place, 520 N. Columbus Blvd.; or locally at Shissler Recreation Center, 1800 Blair St.

Here are the races on the ballot:

U.S. Senate: Democrat John Fetterman, Republican Mehmet Oz, Libertarian Erik Gerhardt, Green Party’s Richard L. Weiss and Keystone Party’s Daniel Wassmer.

Governor/Lieutenant Governor: Democrats Josh Shapiro and Austin Davis; Republicans Douglas V. Mastriano and Carrie Lewis DelRosso; Libertarians Matt Hackenburg and Tim McMaster; the Green Party’s Christina DiGiulio and Michael Badges-Canning; and the Keystone Party’s Joe Soloski and Nicole Shultz.

2nd Congressional District: Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle and Republican Aaron Bashir.

177th Legislative District: Democratic Rep. Joe Hohenstein and Republican Mark LaVelle.

City Council At-Large: Democrat Jim Harrity, Republican Drew Murray and Libertarian Poetica Bey.

City Council At-Large: Democrat Sharon Vaughn, Republican Jim Hasher and Libertarian Marc Jurchak.

There will also be two ballot questions.

The first reads, “Should the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create the Department of Aviation and to transfer certain functions related to the operations of City airports from the other City agencies to the Department of Aviation?”

The other reads, “Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide for a preference in civil service examinations for qualified graduates of Career Technical Education programs in the School District of Philadelphia?”

For more information, visit vote.phila.gov. ••

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