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Dear Editor: The American Legion Unit 20 and its Auxiliary Unit 20 of Sterling, Colo., will be celebrating 100 years of its founding charter on Dec. 7, 2023. One hundred years have passed since groups of men and women gathered to support veterans and their families of all military branches. The veterans formed the Legion, […] ....
A rededication of the Vietnam War Memorial in Nichols Park will be on Memorial Day to honor the 13 Morgan County residents who lost their lives while serving in the war. ....
However, any reward money received will be donated to a local charity, Watchilla said Wednesday. âIf any reward were to come to me it would be donated to the community,â she said. Watchilla resigned as election director earlier this month. She was at the helm of the election bureau when a staff member discovered evidence that someone requested an absentee ballot for a woman who was listed as deceased in state voter records. That discovery led to a criminal investigation and the arrest of Robert R. Lynn, 67, of Forty Fort, on felony charges of forgery and interference with an election on Oct. 21. ....
Election-related issues featured prominently in the news throughout 2020 in Luzerne County. Sweeping changes to Pennsylvania election law took effect this year, including the implementation of âno-excuseâ mail-in voting. The primary and general elections were held in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which led to a flood of requests for mail-in ballots. The county unveiled a new secure voting system, which was only partially implemented in the primary because of pandemic-related concerns. An incident at the county bureau of elections drew nationwide attention and led to a federal investigation. President Donald Trump, a Republican, and his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, made campaign stops in the region leading up to a hotly contested presidential election. ....
Hunt for voter fraud turns up few cases in key states, officials say Author: Rosalind S. Helderman, Jon Swaine, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, The Washington Post Updated: December 23, 2020 Published December 23, 2020 Share on Facebook Print article In Pittsburgh, the local police department this year received 10 complaints of possible fraudulent voting in the November election. Eight of those cases have already been closed without charges or findings of wrongdoing. Wisconsin officials have charged one woman with voter fraud - a resident of suburban Milwaukee accused of attempting to cast a ballot in the name of her partner, who died in July. In Michigan, two people have been charged with fraud, both accused of forging the names of their own daughters to obtain or cast a ballot. ....