Editing Skippack Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Government and politics==
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|45.5% ''3,388''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''52.8%''' ''3,933''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''48.5%''' ''2,975''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|46.5% ''2,848''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''55.2%''' ''3,115''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.6% ''2,464''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''50.3%''' ''2,809''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|49.0% ''2,737''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.2%''' ''2,522''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.4% ''1,948''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.1%''' ''1,643''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|41.4% ''1,211''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''47.4%''' ''1,010''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|37.8% ''805''
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|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''43.4%''' ''962''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.0% ''687''
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[[File:Skippack Township Building MontCo PA MCPC.jpg|thumb|Skippack Township Building]]
Skippack Township is run by an elected five person Board of Supervisors, each of whom serve staggered six year terms. The current supervisors are Chairman Franco D'Angelo (R), Vice Chairman Paul Fox (R), Nick Fountain (R), Ben Webb (I) and Barbara McGinnis (R).

Other elected offices include the Tax Collector, Laurie Augustine (R), the Board of Auditors, Tom Biggar (D), Phil Wimpenney (D) and Bohdan Marchuk (R) and the Constable, Luke DiElsi (R).

The [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]] operates the [[State Correctional Institution – Phoenix]] in Skippack Township; it has a [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania|Collegeville]] postal address.<ref name=Skippackzoningmap>[http://www.skippacktownship.org/documents/2013-zoning-map.pdf Zoning Map] ([http://www.skippacktownship.org/Wire100CM/Documents/maps/zmap.pdf Older URL]). Skippack Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved on September 26, 2018.</ref><ref name=SCIPhoenixHome>"[https://www.cor.pa.gov/Facilities/StatePrisons/Pages/Phoenix.aspx SCI Phoenix]." [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 26, 2018. "Facility Address: 1200 Mokychic Drive Collegeville, PA 19426"</ref> The department formerly operated the [[State Correctional Institution - Graterford]] within the township.<ref name=Skippackzoningmap/> SCI Graterford closed in July 2018 and was replaced by SCI Phoenix.<ref>"[https://www.cor.pa.gov/Facilities/StatePrisons/Pages/MOVE---Graterford-to-Phoenix-2018.aspx Moving from Graterford to Phoenix]." [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 26, 2018.</ref>