Voters to see hefty ballot, election workers needed

This October’s municipal ballot is the largest Petersburg voters have seen for many years, according to Petersburg Borough Clerk Kathy O’Rear.

Thirty-six elected positions and seven ballot propositions, pending assembly approval, are on the ballot.

In a report to the Borough Assembly, O’Rear wrote in regard to the need for election workers.

“A push to recruit new workers in 2009 to train for future elections failed,” O’Rear wrote. “The numerous letters and notices we have recently placed seeking new election workers have largely gone unanswered.”

O’Rear asked the assembly to encourage resident...