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Rural Columbia’s ‘all hands on deck’ approach uses government workers for help; prospect of new leadership may mean changes
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Rural Columbia’s ‘all hands on deck’ approach uses government workers for help; prospect of new leadership may mean changes
As some Pa. counties struggle to increase election trust, tiny Columbia County thinks it cracked the code using teamwork and transparency.
BLOOMSBURG — As counties around Pennsylvania toiled to count ballots on Tuesday — under pressure to report results within hours of primary polls closing — one rural northeast county put
During this week’s primary, Pennsylvania counties were again under pressure to report results from mail-in voting and an in-person election within hours of polls closing. It’s like running two elections, and for this county, requires cooperation and buy-in won from bipartisan leadership.
As some Pa. counties struggle to increase election trust, tiny Columbia County thinks it cracked the code using teamwork and transparency.