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27% of Luzerne County voters requested mail ballots for Nov. 5 general election
October 28, 2024
Luzerne County’s Election Bureau caught up on processing all mail ballot requests Sunday night, according to an email sent to county officials.
Luzerne County manager and DA: no voter registration fraud detected
October 28, 2024
Luzerne County has reviewed election bureau procedures and found “no evidence or indications of fraud in voter registrations,” county Manager Romilda Crocamo said in a statement Monday.
No deficiencies in Luzerne County’s nuclear power plant emergency response drill
October 27, 2024
No deficiencies were found in a recent regional simulation of a nuclear power plant disaster, said David Elmore, Luzerne County deputy director of emergency services.
PRO Rehab will celebrate 27th anniversary in November
October 27, 2024
DALLAS — PRO Rehab was founded in November 1997, and since then it has grown to 15 locations throughout northeastern Pennsylvania — and the 16th location in Peckville is set to open later this year.
Complaint filed over pace of Luzerne County mail ballot application processing
October 25, 2024
A civil complaint was filed late Friday afternoon against Luzerne County and the county’s five-citizen Election Board primarily over the pace of Nov. 5 general election mail ballot processing.
Luzerne County study commission debates option to elect council by regions
October 24, 2024
Luzerne County’s seven-citizen Government Study Commission dissected the county council section of the home charter Thursday, including the question of whether some or all council members should be elected by districts instead of at large countywide.
New figures released on Luzerne County voter registration/mail ballot backlog
October 24, 2024
Luzerne County’s election bureau has 1,200 Nov. 5 general election voter registration applications and 5,300 mail ballot requests to process, according to a status report county Manager Romilda Crocamo released shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday.
Barrage of public comment dominates Luzerne County Election Board meeting
October 23, 2024
Luzerne County’s Election Board had only two voting matters on its agenda Wednesday, but the meeting was nearly three hours due to a barrage of mixed public comment.
Luzerne County Council majority approves “election safety” resolution
October 22, 2024
A Luzerne County Council majority voted Tuesday on an “election safety” resolution that includes discouraging the use of mail ballot drop boxes.
A few Luzerne County mail voters report receipt of two replacement ballots instead of one
October 22, 2024
Three voters in Luzerne County’s 119th Legislative District received two replacement ballots instead of one as part of a reissuance to correct a misspelling of state Rep. Alec Ryncavage’s name, county Controller Walter Griffith said Tuesday.