Luzerne County is accepting applications for the position of director of elections, and we know the name of one person who applied.
Former county election director Leonard Piazza confirmed Tuesday that he applied to get his former job back. Current election director Shelby Watchilla announced her resignation last week, effective Christmas Day.
Piazza was fired as election director in April 2012 by then-county Manager Robert Lawton, two weeks before a presidential primary and less than four months after the countyâs home rule form of government took effect.
Last year, prior to county Manager David Pedri appointing Watchilla to the top spot in the county bureau of elections, Piazza hand-delivered his resume and application to the county board of elections at a board meeting.