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WHYY By Lycoming County Elections Director Forrest Lehman. (Karen Vibert-Kennedy/Sun-Gazette) This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA.
This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. In the weeks before the general election, Sara May-Silfee’s office was overwhelmed. Phone calls from voters were incessant. Lines of people formed outside the building to apply for and cast mail ballots. In one instance, she said, impatient voters began chants outside her office that the waiting times amounted to voter suppression. ....
. HARRISBURG In the weeks before the general election, Sara May-Silfee’s office was overwhelmed. Phone calls from voters were incessant. Lines of people formed outside the building to apply for and cast mail ballots. In one instance, she said, impatient voters began chants outside her office that the waiting times amounted to voter suppression. The Monroe County elections director even got in the habit of closing her office’s shades at night, she said, because voters would knock on the windows, as late as 9, looking for assistance. “It was a nightmare,” May-Silfee said. “Everything was a nightmare.” Even before the pandemic emerged last spring, county election directors said, they warned lawmakers and state officials that huge changes to Pennsylvania’s voting system were too much, too fast. Other states took years to implement statewide no-excuse mail voting. They had a few months. ....
Karen Vibert-Kennedy / Sun-Gazette In the weeks before the general election, Sara May-Silfee’s office was overwhelmed. Phone calls from voters were incessant. Lines of people formed outside the building to apply for and cast mail ballots. In one instance, she said, impatient voters began chants outside her office that the waiting times amounted to voter suppression. The Monroe County elections director even got in the habit of closing her office’s shades at night, she said, because voters would knock on the windows, as late as 9, looking for assistance. “It was a nightmare,” May-Silfee said. “Everything was a nightmare.” Even before the pandemic emerged this spring, county election directors said they warned lawmakers and state officials that huge changes to Pennsylvania’s voting system were too much, too fast. Other states took years to implement statewide no-excuse mail voting. They had a few months. ....
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By Keith Gushard Meadville Tribune Dec 20, 2020 Dec 20, 2020 There will be a new director for the Crawford County Office of Election and Voter Services in 2021. After almost three years, Rebecca Little is leaving the position in early January. Little was hired Jan. 17, 2018, as director for the office. Her last day will be Jan. 4, 2021. Little said she s stepping down from the post because of health issues. Prior to accepting the position with the county, Little was a staff member for state Rep. Brad Roae, a Republican whose district includes central Crawford County and a portion of Erie County. For the last 10 years I ve been involved in the political world â I m done, Little said with a laugh. I m looking at this as I m retiring because I m not going anywhere else. ....