Pennsylvania County That Ran Out of Paper Ballots Fails to Certify Election Results

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A county in Pennsylvania that didnโ€™t have enough paper ballots on Election Day failed to certify the results of the Nov. 8 midterms by the Nov. 28 deadline.

The Luzerne County Board of Elections split 2โ€“2 to certify the results, while one member abstained from voting. Itโ€™s unclear what the next steps are.

Republican board members Alyssa Fusaro and Jim Mangan voted no, while Democrat members Denise Williams and Audrey Serniak voted for the certification, according to the Times Leader. Daniel Schramm, also a Democrat, was the lone board member who abstained.

Fusaro and Mangan said the ballot shortage on Nov. 8 that caused voters to be turned away was the reason they wouldnโ€™t certify the results, according to local media reports. Fusaro said on Nov. 28 that voters were turned away from the polls, privacy safeguards werenโ€™t in place, and machines jammed and ran out of paper.

โ€œThere were so many challenges, so many issues, so many problems, so many concerns, that I canโ€™t with good conscience certify this election,โ€ Fusaro said, stating that a new election should be held.

Schramm said at the hearing that heโ€™s โ€œnot a rubber stamperโ€ and wants more time to review a reconciliation report. He also wants to look into claims made by voters on Election Day, the Times Leader reported.

Mangan said the board โ€œmade every effortโ€ to accept every ballot possible during the adjudication phase. The paper ballot issues, he said, triggered a โ€œhumiliating experienceโ€ for Luzerne Countyโ€™s government that drew international headlines.

The Luzerne County District Attorneyโ€™s Office previously stated that itโ€™s investigating the paper shortage along with other issues on Election Day.

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of State didnโ€™t provide an immediate public comment about the next steps. In May, three Pennsylvania counties refused to record mail-in votes from the stateโ€™s primary elections and delayed Pennsylvaniaโ€™s certification of the results before a judge intervened and ordered that the votes be counted.

Byย Jack Phillips

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