MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the City Commissioners is to administer Voter Registration and conduct Elections in accordance with Federal and State voter registration and election laws. Major functions of this mission include:
- maintaining the accuracy and currency of the data, images, and paper documents in our files for approximately 1,018,060 registered eligible voters for Philadelphia County;
- preparing District Register-Pollbooks for use in determining voter eligibility at the polling place on Election Day;
- maintaining boundary maps and descriptions for the 1,687 voting Divisions in Philadelphia;
- locating accessible and suitable polling places within each of the City's 1,687 voting districts;
- training, and processing the payroll for, approximately 8,400 polling place officials;
- processing candidate nomination petitions;
- preparing and packaging various election materials required by polling place officials;
- preparing up to 1,687 different ballot configurations in accordance with ballot certifications;
- maintenance, service, and preparation of approximately 3,725 electronic voting machines;
- processing Absentee and Alternative Ballots;
- reporting Unofficial Election Results for Philadelphia County;
- processing provisional ballots;
- certifying Official Election Returns for Philadelphia County;
- informing candidates, political party committees, the media and the general public of the voter registration and election process; and,
- encouraging Philadelphians to register and vote.
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