Phil Colvin, Lancaster County Government s emergency management director, is in Miami to assist with search and rescue efforts after a condominium building collapsed last week.
Colvin, who also volunteer s with Mount Joy Fire Department, is there with his dog Lucy, who is one of the nation s few live find search and rescue dogs.
Colvin is in Florida as a member of Pennsylvania Task Force One, A FEMA disaster response task force comprised of police, fire and EMS agencies from around the state. The task force arrived at the site on Thursday and is currently operating in a relief capacity, waiting on assignment.
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Lancaster County elections officials demonstrated the accuracy of their ballot recording system Friday as they prepare for Tuesdayâs municipal elections.
Earlier in the week, mock ballots were scanned to generate a test set of election results. On Friday morning, a board of elections worker compared the summary results that were printed by the ballot scanner to those that were recorded on a USB drive connected to the scanner.
LNP | LancasterOnline observed the test, and the results from the USB drive, known as a VDrive, matched those printed by the ballot scanner.
The same test was conducted a few weeks prior on all scanners that will be used in polling places on Election Day to ensure they are working properly.
Twenty-seven hundred Lancaster County voters who requested mail-in ballots for the May 18 primary election received a ballot packet that incorrectly informed them that they did not need to add postage to the return envelope.Â
The Lancaster County Board of Elections became aware of the error on Saturday, said Christa Miller, the boardâs chief registrar. Unlike in the November 2020 election, Lancaster County voters are required to pay the postage to return their ballots in the mail.Â
Voters can avoid paying postage by placing their ballot in the drop box located in the Chestnut Street entrance to the county building at 150 N. Queen St. in Lancaster city.Â