Magisterial District Judge

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Magisterial district judges issues arrest and search warrants, and also emergency protection orders when the county courthouse is closed. They oversee arraignments, set bail, and hold criminal preliminary hearings.

Lycoming County Sheriff

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The sheriff's office is responsible for carrying out the orders of the Court to enforce Injunctions, serve warrants, the service of Out of County* Protection From Abuse Orders, Writs of Summons and Complaints, Subpoenas, and Writs of Attachment / Garnishments.

City Council

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Council members are tasked with representing the interests of their constituents. In addition to proposing, passing, and ratifying laws and ordinances, city councils manage budgets and investigate city agencies when necessary.

  • Three contested positions

School Board

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Pennsylvania school boards are required to: Adopt courses of study in consultation with the superintendent. Establish the length of the school term, adopt textbooks, and adopt the annual budget. Elect superintendents and hire necessary employees.

Constable

Pennsylvania constables have the right in Pennsylvania to arrest by warrant and to conduct warrantless arrests for felonies and breaches of the peace, including warrantless arrests for felony violations of the drug laws.

Judges of the Commonwealth Court

Cases heard by the Commonwealth Court are generally determined by what the case is about, and the identity of the parties to the lawsuit. This is a different way of determining the type of case heard by an appellate court than in other states, where the distinction is usually between civil matters and criminal matters.

Borough Mayor

The Borough code authorizes the mayor to preserve order, enforce ordinances and resolutions, remove nuisances, exact a faithful performance of the officers appointed, and perform such duties as assigned by law or ordinance. In preserving order, he or she directs the activities of the police department.

Tax Collector

Elected or appointed municipal collectors are typically responsible for collecting county, municipal, and school district property taxes.

Judge of the Superior Court

The Superior Court hears appeals in criminal and most civil cases from the Courts of Common Pleas and on matters involving children and families. Although different panels of three judges may sit to hear appeals, there is only one Superior Court

Township Supervisors

Townships of the second class are governed by a board of supervisors, elected at large by the electorate of the whole township for overlapping six-year terms. The number of supervisors can be increased to five by referendum. Townships of the first class, by contrast, have a board of commissioners.

Auditor

The auditor examines the accounting records and accounting practices of the organization or agency under review to enable him to give an informed opinion on the balance sheet and the statement of revenues and expenditures prepared from the books and records.

Justice of the Supreme Court

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the state's court of last resort and has seven judgeships. The current chief of the court is Thomas Saylor. The court was established by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly in 1722 as a successor to the Provincial Court established in 1684. It is the oldest appellate court in the United States.

OCTOBER 18: Last day to register before the General Election. 

OCTOBER 26: Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot.

NOVEMBER 2: GENERAL ELECTION

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12,000 absentee ballot applications submitted in Lycoming County so far

By Anne Reiner | October 2, 2020

Over 12,000 absentee ballot applications have been submitted in Lycoming County so far, according to voter services.  Ballots have begun to be mailed, according to Forrest Lehman, director of Voter Service, but added that due to the volume he expects the mailing process for those ballots to last over the next week or two. The…

2020 Primary unofficial results: Hamm, Lamb take contested races

By On the PULSE | June 3, 2020

As the threat of the novel coronavirus continues to loom in Pennsylvania, Lycoming County’s primary voter turnout still hit nearly 40% of the county’s registered voters, only a 6% decrease from the last presidential primary year, which brought out over 46% of voters to the polls.  Preliminary results are available, however as many as 3,500…

Voter Services: ‘Good progress’ on write-in ballots, provisional ballots are ‘absolute mess’

By On the PULSE | June 2, 2020

During a historic primary already battling the delays and increased safety measures of COVID-19, complications with write-in ballots and limited provisional ballots are an “absolute mess,” according to Forrest Lehman, director of Lycoming County Voter Services.   “Something has to change,” Lehman said Tuesday afternoon after his office had spent the morning sending out extra provisional…

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