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Pa. election officials are burnt out and leaving their jobs after 2020 ‘nightmare’

Since the passage of the 2019 law that made sweeping changes to voting in Pennsylvania, at least 21 election officials have left or will soon leave their posts.

“Mail-in voting has become like a second election that we have to run, that we never had to run before,” Lycoming County Elections Director Forrest Lehman said. “It has almost doubled the workload, and you know, nobody’s salaries have doubled at the same time.”
“Mail-in voting has become like a second election that we have to run, that we never had to run before,” Lycoming County Elections Director Forrest Lehman said. “It has almost doubled the workload, and you know, nobody’s salaries have doubled at the same time.”Read moreKAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY / Sun-Gazette (Custom credit)
    by Marie Albiges for Spotlight PA and Tom Lisi for Spotlight PA
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