American voters soon may be getting an answer to what happened to the 120,000 people in Pennsylvania who allegedly voted in the 2020 election, but now cannot be found.
Feb 3, 2021
We agree with Forrest Lehman, director of Lycoming County Voter Services, that it’s time to clear up the confusion that came about during the 2020 election year.
Nobody could have foretold that a global pandemic would shut down our normal comings and goings, but it did. In the midst of finding ways to most safely keep on with life’s routine, including voting, the widespread use of mail-in ballots became the norm.
But it happened so fast that the system became vulnerable to the point that it’s been fraught with suspicion. It’s no wonder that allegations of voter fraud have been so rampant. Let’s consider:
We agree with Forrest Lehman, director of Lycoming County Voter Services, that it’s time to clear up the confusion that came about during the 2020 election ye
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Forrest K. Lehman. director of elections and registration of Lycoming County Voter Services, rescans absentee and mail-in damaged ballots from precincts ,at the Voter Services office in Williamsport on Thursday.
It almost goes without saying that 2020 became a challenging election year for voters and the personnel counting the votes.
Changes in voting procedures including the introduction of mail-in ballots became the center of controversy and calls for reform.
“Mail-ins changed the face of how we do elections,” Lycoming County Voter Services Director Forrest Lehman said. “It is an entirely different project. Normally, in the run-up to the election, we would be preparing equipment and documents.”