West Chester Area Ballots Ready For Election Day: Find Info Here

WEST CHESTER, PA — The 2021 Municipal General Election is coming up quickly and ballots are ready for the vote in West Chester and the seven municipalities in the West Chester Area School District.

NOTE: This report contains live links to Patch candidate profiles. To see how candidates responded to questions at the time of the 2021 primary election, click on their name. Also provided are links to campaign pages to help voters prepare.

West Chester Area School District School Directors

West Chester Area School District has more than 12,000 students and serves about 4,000 non-public students in the 75 square miles the District covers in Chester County. The district is comprised of West Chester Borough and the surrounding townships of East Goshen, West Goshen, East Bradford, West Whiteland, Westtown, and Thornbury in Chester County, as well as Thornbury Township in Delaware County.

In the West Chester Area School District, there are three Regions represented on the Board of School Directors.

Region 1 includes West Chester Borough and parts of West Goshen Township. Listed on Region 1 ballots are incumbent Joyce Chester, a Democrat who's served on the WCASD Board for eight years, and challenger Ada Nestor, a Republican.

A campaign for Joyce Chester can be found here.

Ada Nestor's campaign page can be viewed here.

Region 2 includes East Goshen and West Whiteland townships. Candidates for the open Region 2 Board seat are Democrat Karen Fleming and Brian R. Gallen, a Republican.

Fleming's campaign page can be found here.

A campaign page for Gallen can be viewed here.

Region 3 includes East Bradford Township and Thornbury township in Chester County, as well as Thornbury Township in Delaware County, Westttown Township and parts of West Goshen Township. View a map of those regions here. This map shows the District and its municipalities.

Four candidates are listed on Region 3 ballots for two open seats. The Democratic candidates are Laura Detre and Carrie R. Stare.

A campaign page for Detre can be viewed here.

A campaign page for Stare can be viewed here.

Current WCASD Board President Chris McCune is on the ballot as a Republican. Stacey Whomsley, a Republican, is the fourth candidate listed in Region 3.

McCune's campaign webpage can be found here.

Whomsley's campaign page can be found here.

Mayor of West Chester Borough
Three candidates are listed in the race for Mayor of West Chester Borough. Democrat Lillian DeBaptiste runs against Libertarian candidate Beth Ann Rosica and Eric R. Lorgus, an Independent whose party is listed as "Liberty for All."

DeBaptiste's campaign page can be viewed here.

Rosica's campaign page can be viewed here.

Lorgus's campaign page can be viewed here.

West Chester Borough Council
Democratic candidates are listed in West Chester Borough's 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th wards, but none of those races are contested. Lisa Dorsey runs in the 7th Ward, Sheila Vaccaro in the 5th Ward, Brian J. McGinnis in the 3rd Ward, and Patrick McCoy in the 1st Ward.

View A Ballot, Find Other Voter Information
To peek at a sample of the ballot for your municipality, go here.

This document provides sample ballots as they will appear at polling places and though it is 400-plus pages long, municipalities are listed alphabetically starting with Atglen and ending with West Chester, so scroll accordingly to find yours.

A list of polling locations can be viewed here.

Another way to locate your polling place is the County's interactive map, here. When you find the blue landing page, read the instructions and click "OK" on the bottom right corner of the page, then be ready to put in your street address and town. You'll find your polling place on a map.
The County Boards of Elections must receive voted mail-in and civilian absentee ballots by 8 p.m. on Nov. 2. Military and overseas absentee ballots must be submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 1 and then must be received by the Board of Elections by Nov. 9.

The Chester County Voter Information Portal provides information links in one place. Link to it here.

Other Races On Your Ballot
Candidates for Chester County offices that appear on all County municipal ballots include: the race for County Coroner, with Democrat Sophia Garcia-Jackson running against Republican Frank Speidel; County Controller with Democrat Margaret Reif running for re-election against Republican Regina Mauro; Treasurer candidates Patricia A. Maisano, a Democratic running against Republican Jennifer Nicolas. Also, Chester County Clerk of Courts candidates are Democrat Yolanda Van de Krol and Republican Carmela Z. Ciliberti.

Candidates for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice are Maria McLaughlin, a Democrat, and Kevin Brobson, a Republican. The race for Superior Court Judge is between Democrat Timika Lane and Republican Megan Sullivan.

Again, preview your ballot here, scrolling the alphabetical list to find your municipality. If municipalities begin with "East" or "West" they are alphabetized by the second word. For example, East Goshen Township would appear under G.

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