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On May 14, the Washington County Bar Association, along with several other organizations, sponsored a well-attended public forum at the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe. The program focused on state and local elections and voting rights. The diverse audience included advocates for expanding voting rights, local Republican election deniers, and concerned citizens seeking information on […]
Time and events are forces beyond our control, and they move quickly, often deviating from our expectations. This reality has held true for the first four months of my tenure as vice chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. However, we must not allow these external factors to sidetrack us from our goals. As […]
Washington County officials are refusing to reverse course on their decision to not allow people to cure mail-in ballots with fatal errors, despite pleas from nearly 30 people who spoke at Thursday night’s commissioners’ meeting asking them to reconsider. About 100 people attended the marathon regular meeting that mostly centered around ballot curing during public […]
The American Civil Liberties Union is urging Washington County officials to reverse their decision to not allow people to fix mistakes with their mail-in or absentee ballots, which it claims will disenfranchise hundreds of voters in the April 23 primary. In the letter sent Tuesday, the ACLU and Philadelphia-based Public Interest Law Center said they […]
Washington County will not allow voters who make mistakes with absentee or mail-in ballots to “cure” the errors in order for their vote to be counted. The county’s elections board, which contains the three commissioners, voted 2-1 to not allow ballot curing in the upcoming primary, with Republicans Nick Sherman and Electra Janis voting against […]