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Officials discuss South Side on-demand voting center after long university lines
Summary
County Executive Lamont McClure and residents urged the Elections Commission to pursue an on-demand voting office on Bethlehem's South Side after long lines at campus-area polling places; the county registrar clarified that Pennsylvania law provides on‑demand balloting (not 'early voting') and reviewed upcoming dates and polling-place changes.
Northampton County leaders and residents urged steps to reduce long lines at university-area polling places and discussed creating an on-demand voting office on Bethlehem's South Side, speakers said at the Feb. 18 meeting of the county Elections Commission.
County Executive Lamont McClure praised the county's election staff while pressing the commission to consider a resolution to establish a South Side on-demand voting office for the 2025 general election. "I am here, to celebrate that once again, Northampton County put on a legal, fair, and accurate election," McClure said, then added that long, unmanageable lines at university locations warranted action: a South Side voting center would "give the folks in that part of the county who experienced those long lines an opportunity to vote early," he said.
Lehigh University student and Bethlehem resident Jack C. I. Blum supported McClure's proposal and urged the commission to explore placing a polling location on Lehigh's campus and adding a ballot drop-off or on-demand site in South…
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