Daily News | You may have never heard of ‘Row Offices,’ but here’s who they are and what they do.
You may have never heard of ‘Row Offices,’ but here’s who they are and what they do.
Row officers are elected officials that investigate city finances, run elections, keep records and manage foreclosures in the city. Register of Wills Tracey Gordon and Philadelphia Sherrif Rochelle Bilal won upset victories in Philadelphia's primary elections in 2019.They’re called Row Offices, but does anyone know what that means? Not really. You may know them by their official job titles, though.
In Philadelphia, Row Officers are elected officials overseeing the city’s independent operations, like financial auditing of budgets, running and monitoring local elections, managing property foreclosures, and the record-keeping of marriage licenses, wills and estates.Because on the ballot when voting, they’re listed in a row. Pretty clever stuff, huh?
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