Yesterday, the Montgomery County Board of Elections, which is effectively just the three county commissioners, voted two-to-one to reduce the number of polling locations from 352 to 140 due to the pandemic (a cut of 60 percent). The move is just for the upcoming primary which is on June 2nd.
The approved plan moves all polling locations into currently shuttered public schools. The consolidation means that most schools will be the voting location for at least three precincts.
Two municipalities, West Conshohocken and Rockledge, contested the move. West Conshohocken was represented by Borough Council President Doug Borgerson. Residents of West Conshohocken currently vote in Saint Gertrude Church and the new plan requires voters to leave the borough to vote at a school in Upper Merion Township.
The vote to approve the plan went down party lines. Democrats Ken Lawrence and Dr. Val Arkoosh voted to approve the plan and Republican Joe Gale voted no. Gale wanted to amend the plan to allow for West Conshohocken and Rockledge to keep their normal polling locations.
Below is a chart detailing where to vote in Conshohocken, West Conshohocken, Plymouth Township, and Whitemarsh Township. You can also apply to vote-by-mail.
Borough of Conshohocken
Wards/Precincts Normal Location New Location Ward 1 Marshall Lee Towers Conshohocken Elementary School Ward 2 Fellowship House Of Conshohocken Conshohocken Elementary School Ward 3 Fellowship House Of Conshohocken Conshohocken Elementary School Ward 4 Conshohocken United Methodist Church Conshohocken Elementary School Ward 5 Conshohocken Fire House Ridge Park Elementary School Ward 6 Conshohocken Borough Hall Ridge Park Elementary School Ward 7 Conshohocken Community Center Fieldhouse (A Field) Ridge Park Elementary School
Borough of West Conshohocken
Wards/Precincts Normal Location New Location All St Gertrude’S Church-Hall Gulph Elementary School
Plymouth Township
Wards/Precincts Normal Location New Location Plymouth 1-1 Central Montco Technical High School Central Montco Technical High School Plymouth 1-2 Central Montco Technical High School Central Montco Technical High School Plymouth 2-1 Plymouth Community Ambulance Building Colonial Middle School Plymouth 2-2 Plymouth Township Building Colonial Middle School Plymouth 2-3 Harmonville Fire House #2 Central Montco Technical High School Plymouth 3-1 Plymouth Community Center Colonial Middle School Plymouth 3-2 Plymouth Community Center Plymouth Elementary School Plymouth 3-3 Church On The Mall Plymouth Elementary School Plymouth 4-1 Harmonville Fire Co #1 Plymouth Elementary School Plymouth 4-2 Plymouth Fire Company #1 Ridge Park Elementary School
Whitemarsh Township
Wards/Precincts Normal Location New Location Whitemarsh East 1 St Thomas Church Parish House Whitemarsh Elementary School Whitemarsh East 2 St Pauls UCC Whitemarsh Elementary School Whitemarsh Middle 1 Miles Park Building Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Whitemarsh Middle 2 Plymouth Mtg Evangelical Congregational Colonial Elementary School Whitemarsh Middle 3 Messiah United Methodist Church Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Whitemarsh Middle 4 St Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Whitemarsh Middle 5 Barren Hill Fire House Whitemarsh Elementary School Whitemarsh West 1 Spring Mill Fire Company Colonial Elementary School Whitemarsh West 2 Cedar Grove Park Barn Colonial Elementary School Whitemarsh West 3 Masonic Village Of Pennsylvania Plymouth Whitemarsh High School