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Lancaster County Elections Board signs off on polling place changes for May 17 primary; mail-in ballot dropoff moved inside elections office
Columbia Borough: Sixth Ward
Former location: Columbia QRS Inc., 336 North Seventh Street, Columbia, 17512
New location: Victory Church, 550 Linden Street, Columbia, 17512
The last day to register for the May 17 primary election is May 2. Voters can request mail-in ballots up until May 10. Mail-in ballots must be received by the county elections office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. For more information, go to votespa.com.
For voters who want to drop a mail-in ballot off, Miller said there will be a designated counter inside the election office at the Lancaster County Government Center in downtown Lancaster.
The two Republican commissioners who comprise a majority on the board, decided last week to remove the mail-in ballot dropbox from inside the county building. That move came on the same day a bill banning dropboxes state-wide advanced in the Pennsylvania Senate along party lines.
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Could we just turn DOWN the needless noise? [Lancaster Watchdog]
Drivers blaring music — often with windows down — so loud that other motorists can literally feel vibrations from several cars away.
Motorcyclists repeatedly revving their engines unnecessarily.
Car "tuners" with "two-step rev limiters" and similar modifications, which may serve a purpose on a racetrack, but the gunshot-like explosions they cause can startle dogs and people alike.
Beyond being inconsiderate and annoying, excessive noise is unhealthy.
According to a 2011 study by the World Health Organization, "Among environmental factors in Europe, environmental noise leads to a disease burden that is second in magnitude only to that from air pollution."
The study found that traffic-related noise "accounts for over 1 million healthy years of life lost annually to ill health, disability or early death" in the areas studied.
And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said, "Problems related to noise include stress related illnesses, high blood pressure, speech interference, hearing loss, sleep disruption, and lost productivity."
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