15 Baldwin-Whitehall Polling Places in One Day

Baldwin-Whitehall had 15 polling places open to vote in primary races for school board, borough/township and county positions on Tuesday ... and Baldwin-Whitehall Patch Editor visited each one of them in about seven hours that day.

Healy visited eight purple-and-white polling places before writing  and heading out for the last seven.

Part I stops included (in order) , the , , the , , the , and the Lafferty Center on Joseph Street.

Part II started at the where Healy met Susan V. Snyder, a Baldwin Township resident who lives on Newport Drive, at around 4:55 p.m. Snyder was there campaigning for a spot on the Baldwin Township Board of Commissioners.

Like most of the day's stops, Snyder said that the turnout for voting on this Election Day had been less than ideal, blaming some of that on rainy weather and some more on relatively boring races. For example, Snyder and current Baldwin Township board member Bob Downey are the only two people running for three Democratic Party nominations for the township board, meaning that Snyder and Downey are essentially shoo-ins to make it to November's general elections.

The complex was the B-W Patch's next stop at around 5:15 p.m. Unlike seemingly every other stop on Tuesday, Canongate elections officials were reporting a strong voter turnout, saying that because most of their voters do not have to deal with weather and can simply "come down an elevator or ride a bus from the next apartment building," the residents have no reason not to vote.

Healy ran into Whitehall Mayor James F. Nowalk next at around 5:30 p.m. Nowalk and his wife, Tricia, were leaving  after casting their votes.

Also at Baldwin Community UMC were Megan and Sue Pantuso, daughter and wife of Baldwin-Whitehall School Board candidate Larry Pantuso, respectively. Megan, a Baldwin High junior, and Sue were campaigning for Larry and other "" committee members Laurencine Romack, Kevin J. Fischer, Sam DiNardo Jr., Diana Kazour and Ray Rosing.

The Pantusos live on Jill Drive in Whitehall.

Then, it was off to , where elections officials said at around 5:50 p.m. that voting had been slow but was the "same as previous primaries."

Healy spotted B-W School Board candidate Lora J. Kalwarski at St. Gabriel's. Kalwarski, a resident of Varner Road in Whitehall, was campaigning as part of the "," which also includes Marion M. Shannon, Kevin A. Stiffey, Richard J. Kirsch and Tracy Macek.

Over at  at around 6:05 p.m., Healy met Lora's husband, Tom Kalwarski, who was there campaigning for the "Better Board" committee with Stiffey. Stiffey lives on Baldwin Borough's Blossom Drive.

Whitehall Elementary seemed especially slow to the naked eye, but elections officials there even called it "dead."

Much like St. Gabriel's elections officials, officials at McAnnulty Elementary School said at around 6:15 p.m. that a low voter turnout at McAnnulty was "typical" of primary races.

Despite sparse numbers, a crowd of campaign workers stood outside of McAnnulty for several hours on Tuesday. One of those workers was Susan Bicket, who was campaigning for her husband, Alex Bicket, to be an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge. The Bickets live on Valleyview Road in Mt. Lebanon.

Near Bicket were Bianca and Gabriella DiNardo, daughters of Sam DiNardo, who were at McAnnulty to campaign for Democrat  to be Allegheny County Controller. Bianca is a junior at Baldwin High, and Gabriella is a sophomore at Penn State University. The DiNardos live on Page Drive in Baldwin Borough.

Last but not least, the B-W Patch visited the Park Community House at 6:35 p.m., where three candidates were spotted: Kirsch, Kazour and John Ferris, who is running alongside fellow Democrats Michael Stelmasczyk and David M. Depretis for re-election to the Baldwin Borough Council.

Stay tuned to the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch for Tuesday's voting results.