So, ran out of paper in addition to: TimesLeader dot com: Luzerne County mail ballot tallying to continue today, "Due to a staffing shortage, Luzerne County did not complete tallying of most mail ballots on Election Day Tuesday, leaving the lion’s share - 11,000 - to address today, officials said.County Controller Walter Griffith said. I agree, "Read the Whole Thing" is bossy. You may, if you are so inclined, consider reading the whole thing. The county election board bowed to the pressure. Judge Lesa Gelb wrote in her order, "Voters in Luzerne County through no fault of their own, were disenfranchised and denied the fundamental right to vote." Left-wing groups pressured the county election board to certify the election results, even though the first vote to certify failed to pass. A court had to intervene to allow a few more hours of voting. The county implausibly blamed high voter interest, but Pennsylvania law requires counties to have enough ballots for every registered voter.Įrgo, you shouldn't run out of ballots, because you're supposed to anticipate 100% of voters voting.Įlection workers were sent scrambling to office supply stores for paper, and were left untrained for the disastrous day. The county's election administration in 2022 was, according to the lawsuit, a "catastrophic failure." More than 40 precincts had an insufficient number of ballots, many running out early in the morning on Election Day. Luzerne County was coal country and once a Democrat stronghold, before Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, when the county voted Republican. They bring suit to vindicate the denial of their sacred right to vote, to make sure voters are not disenfranchised in the future, and to bring integrity back to elections in Luzerne County," said Wally Zimolong, lawyer for French and Reese. William French and Melynda Reese are two of those voters. "Voters in Luzerne County through no fault of their own, were disenfranchised and denied the fundamental right to vote. The two just sued Luzerne County, its Board of Elections and Registration, and its Bureau of Elections in federal court for violations of their constitutional right to vote.
But her husband had just taken his sleeping pills and she couldn't leave him unattended.įrench and Reese are just two of the thousands of voters affected by poor election administration in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Around 9:15 p.m., an election official called Reese and told her that ballots were finally available and she could vote. The couple returned at 6:30 p.m., and saw a line that stretched so long that they knew they couldn't wait. He required regular medication and attention and couldn't be left alone. He had recently suffered two cardiac arrests and a stroke. Reese is a corrections officer and her husband's primary caregiver. and were told there would be a lengthy wait. But only Reese's husband was allowed to vote, and for the same reason: The precinct had run out of paper. That same morning, Melynda Reese and her husband went to their polling location in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. But the sidewalks are a mess, and he was worried about the risk of falling and further injury. French has endured 17 surgeries on his destroyed leg and uses a cane to walk. Election workers told him to return yet again. But the precinct still didn't have ballots. So that's what he did, returning at 3:30 p.m. Army veteran was told that the precinct had run out of paper for ballots and he had to come back later in the afternoon. But the qualified and registered voter wasn't allowed to. On the morning of Election Day last November, William French went to his local polling place in Freeland, Pennsylvania, to cast his vote. Pennsylvania residents have filed a lawsuit against Luzerne County after being denied their constitutional right to vote in the 2022 midterms. Voter Suppression Is Real And It's Not What You Were Told I don't see Jake Tapper of Stacy Abrams talking much about this. It's Just That It's the Democrats Are Making Sure Republican Strongholds Don't Have Enough Ballots for All the Republican Voters. Shawn Fleetwood and Mollie Hemingway: Voter Suppression Is Very Real.
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