Daily News | Under national scrutiny over a paper ‘shortage,’ Luzerne County’s polls workers worked overtime to ensure people could vote
Poll workers stationed at the Germania Hose Company noticed the problem shortly after the polls opened at 7 a.m.
“It was a nightmare,” said Mary Russo, the elections judge at the Germania Hose Company in Duryea Borough. The calm, soft-spoken elections judge runs a tight ship and feared that people might be discouraged from voting. The paper shortage drew national attention to the closely watched bellwether county, and some skepticsquestion the integrity of the election. But Luzerne County poll workers kept calm, sought out more paper, and helped voters cast their ballots.
The paper is essential to voting in Luzerne, where voters mark their choices on touchscreen machines. The ballots are printed and then scanned into separate machines. Without the paper, voters had to fill provisional ballots and that takes longer to set up, said poll workers. The most efficient fix was to get more paper.but when he heard of the paper shortage he made the 20-minute drive to Wilkes-Barre to get two boxes that came with 2,000 sheets of paper each.
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