Posted on 11/05/2019 11:21:19 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
UPDATE (2 p.m. Tuesday): The Allegheny County Elections Division provided the following update on issues and concerns -- which were said to be "nothing out of the ordinary" -- so far Tuesday morning at the polls:
Clairton 3-2 reported the smell of gas from a kitchen. The gas company responded, but voting continued.
McCandless 1-1 reported a calibration issue with a machine, which has been taken out of service while a technician responds to recalibrate it.
McKeesport 12-1 opened late (about 8:30 a.m.) because the judge had car trouble this morning.
Monroeville 2-2 had operator-error with a machine and used 12 emergency ballots until the issue was resolved.
Pittsburgh 8-2 voter reported that a list of absentees was not posted. The judge of elections was contacted and the list is posted.
Pittsburgh 10-12/10-13 had a shortage of poll workers. A county employee was dispatched and poll workers were redeployed from another district. No voters were turned away.
Pittsburgh 13-8 reported that a machine was beeping, indicating a battery issue. A technician was responding to address it.
Pittsburgh 14-12 reported a calibration issue with a machine, which was taken out of use until a technician responded and recalibrated the machine.
Pittsburgh 16-01 poll workers requested another poll worker. This has been addressed.
Pittsburgh 18-2/18-4 had power out at the polling location and electricians responding to address it. Voting machines are working on battery back-up. No voters have been turned away (if battery life is done/used, will move to emergency ballots for voters until resolved).
Pittsburgh 21-3 and 21-4 is in a secure building and voters were being asked to show ID for admittance. Security was contacted and advised that they are not allowed to do so.
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I voted earlier in Bucks County - not a lot of people voting but it might be because it was at noon. Mostly elections for judges but that was easy as I won’t vote Democrat unless and until they change their entire national leadership and direction - even if the local people aren’t crazy.
Pittsburgh Ward 21 polling places 3 and 4 are at Bidwell Apartments--a senior apartment complex run by Pittsburgh Housing Authority.
Need I say more?
Wanna burgle the secured building? Just show up on Election Day and say you are there to vote.
Is there anything noteworthy to vote on in Pittsburgh or the surrounding counties - or is just the usual school board, mayor, etc positions?
Any controversy or heated local issues?
The only one I’m tempted to wade into is the DA race.
The long-time incumbent, a Democrat, is facing a challenger from the left for the first time in 20 years. From her platform, she sounds like one of those George Soros Restorative Justice types. I’m probably going to go in and vote for the (D), as he’s not nearly as bad.
There are a few things.
Independent candidate taking on long-time DA Steven Zappala, old-school machine Dem with a Soprano-like history.
Upstart Republican trying to take out County Controller Chelsa Wagner in the wake of her Detroit cop slapping incident.
Ballot initiative to give victims and their families more input over paroles (which is already being strangled by the courts).
In the City of Pittsburgh a BS proposal to raise property taxes and give the money to a nonprofit to take over maintenance of city parks. (Reportedly the CEO of this nonprofit earns a salary of $210K and they have a bottomless advertising budget)
Bucks county here as well. Voted at 7:45 am today and it was empty! I used to work the polls and it was always a steady stream of people all day long....I have no idea what this indicates.
“(hours latter they got more ballots”
Nope...it was less than an hour
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