WHAT’S NEWS IN CHARTIERS VALLEY
the son of David and Laura Tanczos, and a
member of Our Lady of Grace Parish.
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COLLIER’S TANCZOS
NAMED NATIONAL MERIT
FINALIST
Collier resident Matthew Tanczos,
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High
School senior, was named a Finalist in
the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Tanczos is one of approximately 15,000
students from across the U.S. to reach
this level in the competition this year.
The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation will select approximately
7,500 Merit Scholarship winners from the
pool of Finalists.
Tanczos is president of OLSH’s chapter
of the National Honor Society, is an
OLSH Student Ambassador, and serves
as a writing tutor in the OLSH Writing &
Learning Center. He plays ice hockey and
is alternate captain for the OLSH-Bishop
Canevin co-op and lettered and served as
alternate captain in his junior year as well.
At last year’s OLSH Honors Convocation,
Tanczos was honored with awards for AP
Calculus AB, AP Biology, and AP World
History.
He is a student pilot and is currently
working on his private pilot license. He is
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COUNTY LAUNCHES
ALLEGHENYVOTES.COM
WEBSITE FOR RESIDENTS
The Allegheny County Elections
Division has launched a one-stop website
for residents seeking information on the
elections. AlleghenyVotes.com contains
information on the new voting system
and provides information on voter
outreach efforts, instructional videos,
and links to additional voter information
including voter registration, becoming
a poll worker and links to the county’s
elections website.
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In early December, the county entered into
a contract with Election Systems & Software,
LLC for voting equipment, software and
services and began receiving equipment
shortly thereafter. To date, the county has
received all 1,650 DS200 precinct scanners
and 1,650 ExpressVote ballot marking
devices, along with four of the eight DS850
high speed digital image scanners that were
ordered. The division also ordered two
additional DS850 scanners.
Public voting system demonstrations
are being held in locations throughout the
county, thanks to partnerships with the
Allegheny County Library Association,
the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, local
shopping malls and other organizations.
While demonstrations are still being
finalized, the website contains a list of
scheduled demonstrations beginning
March 15. As new locations and dates are
confirmed, that information will be added
to the website calendar.
Voters throughout the county will begin
hearing a lot about the new voting systems
when targeted advertising and outreach
begins. Residents will see the campaign on
local television, billboards, movie theaters,
in print, and on transit. There are also radio
and digital spots planned.
The county could establish satellite
centers for in-person voting of absentee
and mail-in ballots. Act 77 of 2019, which
contained a number of election reforms,
provides general information on the
initiative including a requirement that
locations be in county-owned or county-
leased properties, and that such centers
be located outside of the municipality
in which the county seat is located. For
security reasons, only locations that are
hardwired to the county’s system can be
considered. Elections staff was asked to
report to the board at its next meeting with
recommendations on the use of satellite
centers in advance of the April 28, 2020,
election.
In addition to updates on
AlleghenyVotes.com and the county’s
elections webpage, constituents can also
receive information related to the election
on the county’s Facebook and Twitter
pages, and Allegheny Alerts. n