8 things to know about the primaries

1. Although you can vote for the total number of open seats in a race, you don’t have to. At least one judicial candidate is running advertisements asking voters to support her and no one else. Called “bullet voting,” the tactic raises the odds of victory.

2. Every precinct in the county will be electing two inspectors of election (one per party) and one judge of elections.

3. You can write in anyone’s name, including your own, for any position. In races where there are more open seats than candidates, just a few write-in votes could earn a spot on the November ballot.

4. Independent or third party registrants can’t vote for elected offices, but can vote for Home Rule Study Commission candidates and on the Home Rule question.

5. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m., statewide.

6. In addition to Luzerne County and magisterial district judgeships on the line, six state judge candidates are on the ballot. There is one open seat on the Supreme Court, three on the Superior Court and two on the Commonwealth Court.

7. There are several heavily contested municipal races. Leading the field is Kingston, which has five candidates for the mayor position, and Freeland, with 11 people running for four council seats.

8. www.timesleader.com will report updated results throughout the evening.