Westmoreland finalizes plans for May primary, mail-in ballots will begin next week

TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Westmoreland County voters could see primary ballots arrive in their mailboxes as early as next week, officials said on Tuesday. Election Bureau director Scott Ross said the county to date has processed more than 21,000 mail-in ballot applications leading up to the May 20 Democratic and Republican primaries, where voters will nominate candidates for state judge, county row offices, borough councils, township supervisors and school boards.

"Ballots will be mailed out this week and voters will start to see them arrive early next week," Ross said. The number of applications for no-excuse mail-in ballots in this spring's primary is significantly smaller from the more than..



. Rich Cholodofsky.