Primary election updates: Biden and Trump won't be in Pennsylvania on primary day; where to drop off your mail ballot

A Chester County judge rejected a legal motion from local Republicans that could have blocked some mail ballots from counting in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary.

Chester County County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony Verwey said the Republican Committee of Chester County’s request for an injunction against the county election board would amount to “preemptively disenfranchising voters.”

The Philadelphia Police Department has withdrawn the arrest warrant issued last week for State Rep. Kevin Boyle, according to multiple law enforcement sources, after officials learned Monday that there is no active Protection From Abuse order that he could have violated.

The withdrawal raised a host of questions, and came just a day before the primary election in which Boyle is seeking an eighth term to represent parts of Northeast Philadelphia.

Pennsylvanians who have not yet returned their mail ballot for Tuesday’s primary should plan to deliver it in person, Pennsylvania Secretary Al Schmidt said in a briefing Monday.

“It’s now too late to put your ballot in the mail and be sure that it will be returned in time,” Schmidt said, noting ballots can be returned to drop boxes or directly to election offices.

Pennsylvania's primary election is Tuesday, but don't expect to see Joe Biden or Donald Trump anywhere in the commonwealth.

Biden, a frequent guest in Pennsylvania, is traveling to Tampa Tuesday, a week before the state's six-week abortion ban is scheduled to take effect, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Philadelphia voters will see one question on their ballots Tuesday, asking: Should the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to require the city to provide for the indemnification and defense of registered community organizations in connection with claims made against them arising directly out of their lawful participation in the city’s zoning variance process?

What does it mean?

Chester County Republicans have filed a lawsuit against the county’s election board ahead of Tuesday’s primary that could block some mail ballots from being counted.

The suit also seeks to strike down a rule blocking party committee members running for reelection from serving as poll watchers on Election Day.

With the primary election looming on Tuesday, 183 missing ballots were delivered Saturday to Montgomery County voters, after a delay that complicated an already challenged voting situation because Passover starts on Monday evening.

A Postal Service spokesperson said the ballots were delivered from the Jenkintown post office.

President Joe Biden ordering an Italian hoagie at a Philadelphia Wawa can only mean one thing: There’s an election around the corner. In this case, it’s the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday.

Here’s what to know about your mail ballot — this is only pertinent to people who already applied to vote this way. For those who did not, it’s in-person voting for you. Find your polling place here.

When Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity took the podium at a Lehigh County campaign event for former President Donald J. Trump this month, the Republican incumbent framed the election as an existential battle.

“Every election that goes by that we don’t get Republicans in office, our state, and our country get closer and closer to being lost,” Garrity told the crowd of thousands.

The Pennsylvania primary is right around the corner, taking place on Tuesday.

Although Pennsylvania is considered a critical swing state in this year’s presidential election, its voters hold less sway in each party’s primary. That’s because the state holds its primary relatively late in the process, in late April.