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Lancaster County election board approves five polling‑place moves ahead of May 19 primary
Summary
The Lancaster County Board of Elections adopted Resolution No. 1 of 2026 to relocate five polling places for the May 19, 2026 General Primary and set a public hearing on the changes for April 22, 2026 at 11 a.m.
The Lancaster County Board of Elections on April 15 adopted Election Board Resolution No. 1 of 2026 to post notice and hold a hearing on relocating five polling places effective with the May 19, 2026 General Primary. Commissioner Joshua G. Parsons moved the resolution; Commissioner Alice Yoder seconded it, and the motion passed unanimously.
The resolution lists specific from/to locations: Lancaster City — Eighth Ward, Third Precinct moving from Pearl Street United Methodist Church to Redeemer Lutheran Church; Mount Joy Borough — East Ward moving from the Mount Joy Borough Office to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church; Lancaster Township — Fourth District moving from Lancaster Seventh Day Adventist Church to the Lancaster City Parks Department administrative office; Manor Township — Manor, New East District moving from Central Manor Church to Grace Baptist Church of Millersville; and Warwick Township — Millport District moving from Jerusalem Lutheran Church to St. Paul’s EC Church. The board directed the chief clerk to post notices and scheduled a public hearing on the proposed changes for Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Public Meeting Room, 150 North Queen St., Room 701.
Salman Ismat, Senior Regional Voter Protection Director for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, asked for clarification about the updated polling places after the resolution was presented. The board recorded the outcome as "Motion passed unanimously."
