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The American Civil Liberties Union is urging Washington County officials to reverse their decision to not allow people to fix mistakes with their mail-in or absentee ballots, which it claims will disenfranchise hundreds of voters in the April 23 primary. In the letter sent Tuesday, the ACLU and Philadelphia-based Public Interest Law Center said they […]
Washington County will not allow voters who make mistakes with absentee or mail-in ballots to “cure” the errors in order for their vote to be counted. The county’s elections board, which contains the three commissioners, voted 2-1 to not allow ballot curing in the upcoming primary, with Republicans Nick Sherman and Electra Janis voting against […]
A contingent of elected officials from Washington County traveled to Harrisburg on Tuesday to urge the governor to accelerate the stalled proposed merger of Washington Health System with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “It has become abundantly clear that political pressures have affected this decision,” state Rep. Tim O’Neal said, referring to the protracted […]
Washington County is creating a program to help tackle blight with the help of up to $12 million in federal pandemic recovery stimulus funds. The commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve an agreement between county officials, Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington and the Washington County Land Bank to initiate the countywide blight program. […]