Voters ask court to ensure the county’s election process is run properly before the next election.
In the 2022 general election, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, ran out of paper ballots in some precincts on election day. Now the county is being sued by voters who say they were disenfranchised when they were told to come back and vote later, and after several return trips to polling places, they missed their chance to vote.
On the ballot for the Nov. 8, 2022, election was an open governor’s race between Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano and an open U.S. Senate seat sought by Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz. Both Democratic candidates won.
Luzerne County asked the court to dismiss the case, and this week, a judge in federal court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied that request.
“We are very pleased with this opinion. The court makes clear that the county cannot sweep what happened in 2022 under the rug by chalking it all up to a big ‘whoops,’” Pennsylvania trial lawyer Wally Zimolong, who often works on constitutional cases, told The Epoch Times. “The county’s maladministration of the 2022 general election violated the…
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