How to spend $263,157 per voter.

City Commission Chairwoman Marge Tartaglione has a warning for voters: Don't get stuck behind a blind person at the polling place.

Tartaglione, in a press conference this morning, said the city spent $5 million in 2005-06 to equip every precinct in the city with a voting machine with earphones for the visually impaired. That change was the result of a federal lawsuit.

With a long November ballot, listening to the choices took blind voters about an hour each, Tartaglione said.

So how many visually-impaired voters went to the polls in November?  Nineteen, Tartaglione said. That adds up to $263,157 per voter.

Tartaglione had another warning: If you are one of the 93,339 voters in Philadelphia who has registered as an independent or with no party affiliation, you can't vote in the April 22 primary presidential election. To vote for a presidential candidate, those voters must change their registration by March 24.

Don't know how you're registered?  Call the City Commission at 215-686-1500. You can find more information here.