NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County voters made their voices heard as they turned out for the 2025 General Election on Tuesday.
Unofficial outcomes as of 1:30 a.m. Wednesday confirmed 307,840 ballots forged in the municipal election that showcased a number of races, together with judges, faculty boards and municipal positions, ensuing in a 49.79 % voter turnout charge, greater than double the 21.09 % voter turnout charge seen in May’s main election.
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Election abstract reviews in earlier common elections famous a 37.78 % voter turnout charge in 2021, 68.49 % in 2022, 42.01 % in 2023, and 82.93% % in 2024.
There have been 218,231 ballots forged on Election Day on the 428 polling locations throughout Montgomery County, in response to unofficial results as of 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. The election’s mail-in poll part recorded 90,757 mail-in ballots returned. Of these, 89,609 mail-in ballots have been counted, and 1,148 have been segregated with a “pending evaluation” designation.
“We have received the highest number of mail-in ballots ever in an off-year election,” Montgomery County Election Board Chairman Neil Makhija stated in a Tuesday evening Facebook publish. The quantity surpasses the quantity of people that voted by mail (75,655) and even merely requested a mail-in poll (85,510) in 2023, in response to a county assertion launched Wednesday. Over 106,335 voters requested a mail-in poll this election.
“These record numbers show that when we remove barriers and build trust, voters respond. From doubling drop boxes to offering weekend voting hours and bringing our Voter Van to communities across the county, we’re ensuring that every eligible voter can make their voice heard,” stated Makhija in a press release Wednesday. “Unlike places that make voting harder, we’re showing that when you invest in voters, they show up. This is what a strong, responsive democracy looks like.”
Provisional and army ballots haven’t but been counted. Officials count on provisional poll counting will start on Friday, whereas army service members and American residents residing abroad have till Tuesday, Nov. 11, to return their mail-in ballots.
Among the variety of native races featured on the poll, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court was intently watched in the course of the 2025 common election as Democratic Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht have been up for retention. A query was posed to Montgomery County voters, who determined they need to serve on the bench for one more decade.
Donohue obtained 216,915 sure votes and 80,852 no votes; Dougherty obtained 216,326 sure votes and 81,109 no votes ; and Wecht obtained 214,915 sure votes and 81,476 no votes, in response to unofficial outcomes.
In Ambler, Tax Collector Jennifer Stomsky was elected to serve one other four-year time period in what grew to become a controversial race. Stomsky, a Democrat, obtained 1,423 votes to Republican challenger Bernadette Dougherty’s 910 votes, with one other seven write-in votes recorded, in response to unofficial outcomes.
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Stomsky was thrust into the spotlight back in September after a social media publish following the demise of conservative activist Charlie Kirk obtained a firestorm of backlash. While Stomsky didn’t droop her re-election marketing campaign, Stomsky stepped down from her place as vice chairwoman of the Montgomery County Democratic Committee’s Area 14 native committee, which encompasses Ambler, in addition to Lower Gwynedd and Whitpain townships.
“The comments were written in a moment of frustration and were hyperbolic, never intended for public view, and in no way meant as a call for violence. Still, I understand that words have power. Political violence has no place in our community or in our discourse, and I regret that my words suggested I would ever believe anything to the contrary. For that, I am truly sorry,” Stomsky stated in a social media post reported by Wiss Now.
All outcomes stay unofficial till licensed by the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Board members should certify the 2025 common election outcomes by Monday, Nov. 24. Visit montcovotes.com for extra details about elections in Montgomery County.