Spotlight PA Bob Morgan, the Luzerne County election director, talks about how to set up and use a voting machine during a recent training class. A new crop of election directors will be in place for Tuesday s primary, but with uneven and in some cases, little training.
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Among the most stressed-out folks in local government this week will be the former manager of the USA Field Hockey team, a congressman’s past chief of staff, and an ex-political science professor.
Election directors fill Pa vacancies with varying experience
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A new wave of election directors step in to fill Pa s many vacancies — with little training and varying experience
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April 22, 2021
Karla Godoy Da Costa Lima (MDP 22), a native of Brazil, wants to use her degree to help reduce poverty among women and promote sustainable development, especially in the Global South.
Karla Godoy Da Costa Lima feels like it’s her calling to empower other women.
Born in a Brazilian favela, Karla was surrounded by inequality, fear, and lack of choice, but her mother, grandmothers, and sisters were role models for strong, powerful women. They showed her how women do not have to conform to what life offers them.
“Growing up seeing examples of women overcoming poverty to raise their kids made me want to fight for a world where women don’t have to struggle to provide for their families,” Karla said.
Family says former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at 93
Mondale made his biggest mark as the vice president who converted that office from a historical joke Vice President John Nance Gardner famously described it as a job that wasn’t “worth a pitcher of warm spit” to one of the vital centers in American government.
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale listens to speakers during a dedication ceremony in October 2019 at the William O Brien State Park in Marine on Saint Croix, Minn. Mondale s family announced Monday, April 19, 2021, that the former vice president died at age 93. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News