The Bucks County Board of Elections is moving five polling places hosting 10 voting precincts to new locations this year.
– New Britain Township West 1 will move from School of St. Jude, 323 W. Butler Ave., Chalfont, to Grace Community Church, 300 Highpoint Drive, Chalfont.
– New Britain Township West 2 and 2A will move from School of St. Jude to Byers’ Choice Ltd., 4355 County Line Road, Chalfont.
– Warminster Township 1 and 17 will move from Archbishop Wood High School, 655 York Road, Warminster, to the Warminster Township Library, 1076 Emma Lane, Warminster.
– Warrington Township 3 and 4 will move from St. Robert Bellarmine, 856 Euclid Ave., Warrington, to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 2131 Palomino Drive, Warrington.
– Bensalem Township Lower West will move from Holy Family University, 1311 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, to Salem Harbor Apartments, 463 Olde Bridge Road, Bensalem.
– Middletown Township Upper 1 and Upper 5 will move from Oliver Heckman Elementary School, 201 Cherry St., Langhorne, to Langhorne Methodist Church, 301 E. Maple Ave., Langhorne.
The New Britain, Warminster and Warrington moves resulted from higher insurance fees at Catholic churches, while the Bensalem site has been sold and the Middletown site is closed as a school and is deteriorating.
The Board of Elections also voted to rescind its approval in January to purchase hundreds of Clear Ballot voting tables, rejecting their $800 per-table cost as too expensive. The board opted for cheaper, traditional folding tables and privacy screens that will allow up to six people to vote at one time. The Clear Ballot tables allowed for four.
The board also agreed that the new Clear Ballot system should not issue alerts to voters who submit “undervoted” ballots that contain fewer votes than the maximum allowed. For instance, a person who votes for six political convention delegates instead of the maximum allowance of eight will not be alerted.
