Voting Returns to Harveys Lake Borough Building
You can vote at our regular polling place in Harveys Lake. Nov. 3rd - 7am to 8pm.
Please remember to dress warm, as there will probably be longer lines this November and we are expecting record turnout. You may be outside while waiting to vote.
First-time voters need identification
What if I requested a mail-in or absentee ballot but I didn't receive a ballot, lost my ballot, or changed my mind and want to vote in-person?
- If you already submitted a mail-in or absentee ballot, you cannot vote at your polling place on election day.
- If you did not return your mail-in or absentee ballot and you want to vote in person, you have two options:
- Bring your ballot and the pre-addressed outer return envelope to your polling place to be voided. After you surrender your ballot and envelope and sign a declaration, you can then vote a regular ballot.
- If you don't surrender your ballot and return envelope, you can only vote by provisional ballot at your polling place. Your county board of elections will then verify that you did not vote by mail before counting your provisional ballot.se. If you requested a mail-in ballot and decide to vote in
Voting early in-person by mail-in or absentee ballot
If you are a registered Pennsylvania voter, you can use the new early in-person voting option available under the bipartisan Act 77.
As soon as ballots are ready, you can request, receive, mark and cast your mail-in or absentee ballot all in one visit to your county election office or other officially designated site.
With this option, there is no need for mail at all, and you can cast your vote at your convenience. Learn more about voting early in-person by mail-in or absentee ballot.
Drop Boxes and Dropoff Sites
Drop boxes are a safe and secure way for Pennsylvania voters to return their voted mail-in or absentee ballots. Voters may return their mail-in or absentee ballot at their county election board's designated drop box before 8 p.m. on election day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Services available at a drop box or dropoff location:
- Return only your own voted ballot
Mail-in Voting Ballot Drop Box location:
Luzerne County - County Election Office
Address: 20 N. Pennsylvania Ave. Ste. 207 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
Harveys Lake LSA Grant
Harvey's Lake Borough submitted a request to change the scope
of work under its LSA Grant of $185,000 to making upgrades in our current location, since the purchase of the former Villa Roma
Pizza & Pasta House (Strive building) did not materialize. That purchase was the first change in the scope of work under this grant. We have recently been given approval for this second change in scope of work; and at the regular scheduled council meeting held on Tuesday, September15, 2020, council voted 5 to 1 to begin the process to move this along so as not to lose the grant money. The upgrades/modifications to our existing location will enhance its efficiency and will be the first major project there in many years.
We are thrilled to be able to undertake this project with the LSA
grant, rather than by use of a direct tax increase to our residents.
This building belongs to the people of Harvey's Lake! It is where
we hold all of our meetings- Council, Zoning Hearing Board,
Planning Commission, Environmental Advisory Council, and
Sewer Authority meetings. It's where we vote, pay our taxes,
our garbage bills, our sewer bills, apply for permits, etc. It's also
where we have done this for about 40 years! We will keep our residents informed as we begin the process of obtaining
plans and cost estimates to be submitted for approval.
Bring your Paper to our Shredding Event
The Census is Still Going On in Harveys Lake
Census Takers are in the Harveys Lake area
AUG. 13, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau is following up with households nationwide that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. Based on the current self-response rate of 63.3%, the Census Bureau estimates it will need to visit about 56 million addresses to collect responses in person. Up to 500,000 census takers across the country will go door to door to assist people in responding to the 2020 Census.
“America has answered the call and most households responded to the census online, by phone or by mail,” said Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham. “To ensure a complete and accurate count, we must now go door to door to count all of the households we have not heard back from. During this phase, you can still self-respond online (at 2020census.gov), by phone (at 844-330-2020), or by mailing your completed questionnaire.”
The Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) operation is the final stage of conducting the once-a-decade population count of everyone living in the United States. Households can still respond now by responding online at 2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020, or by completing and mailing back the paper questionnaire they received. Households can respond online or by phone in one of 13 languages and find assistance in many more. Those that respond will not need to be visited to obtain their census response.
What Households Can Expect
In most cases, census workers will make up to six attempts at each housing unit address to count possible residents. This includes leaving notification of the attempted visit on the door. The notification will include reminder information on how to respond online, by paper or by phone. In addition, census workers may try to reach the household by phone to conduct the interview.
Census takers will go to great lengths to ensure that no one is missed in the census. After exhausting their efforts to do an in-person interview with a resident of an occupied housing unit, they will seek out proxy sources — a neighbor, a rental agent, a building manager or some other knowledgeable person familiar with the housing unit — to obtain as much basic information about the occupants as they can.
Census takers are hired from local communities. All census takers speak English, and many are bilingual. If a census taker does not speak the householder’s language, the household may request a return visit from a census taker who does. Census takers will also have materials on hand to help identify the household’s language.
How to Identify Census Takers
Census takers can be easily identified by a valid government ID badge with their photograph, a U.S. Department of Commerce watermark, and an expiration date on the badge. To confirm a census taker’s identity, the public may contact their regional census center to speak with a Census Bureau representative.
The Census Bureau Will Follow Up With Some Households by Phone
In order to minimize the need to send census takers to households in person, the Census Bureau is training census takers to follow up with households by phone. Using information provided to the Census Bureau and third-party purchased data, the Census Bureau has a strong contact list for both landlines and cellphones assigned to houses on the Census Bureau’s address list. These phone calls will enable the Census Bureau to have maximum flexibility for conducting field operations, and is one more method that census takers can use to reach nonresponding households. Phone calls will be used on an as-needed basis and when in-person contact attempts have not resulted in an interview. If a voicemail is available, the census taker will leave a message asking the household to call one of the Census Bureau’s call centers.
The 2020 Census
- It's quick and easy. The 2020 Census questionnaire will take about 10 minutes to complete.
- It's safe, secure, and confidential. Your information and privacy are protected.
- Your response helps to direct billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities for schools, roads, and other public services.
- Results from the 2020 Census will be used to determine the number of seats each state has in Congress and your political representation at all levels of government.
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