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HARRISBURG Among the most stressed-out folks in local government this week will be the former manager of the USA Field Hockey team, a congressman’s past chief of staff, and an ex-political science professor.
They’ll all be running elections in Pennsylvania for the first time during Tuesday’s primaries and they will do it under the microscope of a skeptical GOP electorate galvanized by Republicans in the state legislature.
After what election directors described as a “nightmare” election in 2020 in which huge changes to Pennsylvania’s voting process were complicated by the pandemic and partisan misinformation fueled by former President Donald Trump and his allies at least 25 of their peers left their jobs.
A new wave of election directors step in to fill Pa s many vacancies — with little training and varying experience | PA Power and Policy lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After a ‘nightmare’ year led to massive job turnover among those who run Pennsylvania s elections, there are growing calls for standardized training to provide more support and guidance.
Spotlight PA Bob Morgan, the Luzerne County election director, talks about how to set up and use a voting machine during a recent training class. A new crop of election directors will be in place for Tuesday s primary, but with uneven and in some cases, little training.
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Among the most stressed-out folks in local government this week will be the former manager of the USA Field Hockey team, a congressman’s past chief of staff, and an ex-political science professor.
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