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Walsh withdraws preliminary injunction request in Luzerne County election suit
November 4, 2024
Republican Jamie Walsh has withdrawn the preliminary injunction portion of his election-related litigation against Luzerne County, eliminating the need for a Monday afternoon federal court hearing in Williamsport, court filings show.
Luzerne County trying to refresh online mail ballot tracker data
November 4, 2024
After exhausting other efforts, a team of approximately a dozen Luzerne County employees worked into Monday evening manually entering returned mail ballots that were not registering in the online public ballot tracker.
Non-election Luzerne County Penn Place Building workers will be stationed elsewhere on Election Day
November 3, 2024
As part of Luzerne County’s security and logistics plan, county employees stationed at the Penn Place Building in downtown Wilkes-Barre will work and provide services at other county buildings on Election Day if they are not involved in election assistance, said county Manager Romilda Crocamo.
Ready, set, vote! Everything you need to know to prepare for Tuesday
November 2, 2024
Whether submitted by mail ballot or in person at the polls, Luzerne County has approximately 209,800 voters eligible to cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election.
Manager: Luzerne County caught up on processing returned mail ballots
October 31, 2024
On Thursday morning, the state’s daily online mail ballot report indicated Luzerne County’s Election Bureau had logged the return of 24,779 completed Nov. 5 general election mail ballots.
Back Mountain man aims to set ‘Monster High’ merchandise record
October 30, 2024
James Harris bought his daughter two dolls associated with the “Monster High” franchise back in 2012. He watched the corresponding web series with her, and got her the remaining dolls in a 10-figure set. After buying the last of the dolls, he thought he would be moving on from “Monster High” merchandise.
Luzerne County mail ballots returned to date will be logged by Thursday, manager says
October 30, 2024
Luzerne County’s election bureau will upload all mail ballots returned to date by Thursday, county Manager Romilda Crocamo said Wednesday.
Court hearing on Jamie Walsh’s election suit abruptly halted
October 30, 2024
A Luzerne County Court hearing on Jamie Walsh’s election-related suit came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when county Attorney Mark E. Cedrone announced he was filing a request to move the case to federal court.
Attorney blasts suit over Luzerne County voter registration/mail ballot processing
October 29, 2024
The attorney representing Luzerne County in litigation filed by Republican Jamie Walsh over the pace of mail ballot and voter registration processing had strong words about the filing Tuesday evening.
Luzerne County planning to upload mail ballot tracking data for voters
October 29, 2024
Luzerne County’s Election Bureau plans to perform a large uploading of data on completed mail ballots that have been received to date, which will in turn update information on the state’s online ballot tracker, county Election Director Emily Cook said Tuesday.