Description
Papers relating to the elections of Federal, State, and County offices. Papers vary for each election and most often include Election Returns, Talley Sheets, and Oaths of Election Officers for county-wide and/or individual voting districts. Certification of Results, Certificates of Election, Voter Lists, Duplicate and Triplicate Returns are also present for some elections.
Note 1: Centralized into a Clerk of the Court series in 1978, some of the papers were processed and/or filed in other offices, especially the Offices of the Prothonotary and Commissioners.
Note 2: Voter Lists for 1874 and 1893 are listed in a 1978 series titled "Voter Lists."
Note 3: Many election papers are located at the PA State Archives. Refer to the "Microfilm" bar on the Archival Home Page for listing.
Arrangement: Chronological by year.
Index: Click "Inventory"
Related Recods: Election Volumes 1. ELECTION DOCKETS 1839-1975 ELECTION RETURNS DOCKETS Municipal 1976-1989
2. ELECTION RETURNS BOOKLETS Primaries and General 1925-2012
Election Papers 3. SOLDIERS POLL BOOKS 1864, 1916
Clerk of Courts Volumes 4. QUARTER SESSIONS DOCKETS
Clerk of Courts Papers 5. ELECTION MUNICIPAL Indebtedness Bonds 1889…1917
6. ELECTION MUNICIPAL Polling Place Changes 1845…1941
7. VOTERS LISTS