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opusupo t1_ivmgwi1 wrote

Reply to comment by vasquca1 in Voting hours extended in Pa.’s Luzerne County over ballot shortage by otterly_icy

Are you referring to a county run almost exclusively by Republicans as "Bidenlandia?"

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DonHedger t1_ivn4adk wrote

It's historically a democrat dominated county. The republican majority only occurred for the first time in 2019. Trump really gave Luzerne county an identity crisis we haven't recovered from.

Edit: I grew up there. There's a book written about it (The Forgotten). Our political history is documented and easily accessed on Wikipedia. Not sure why the dislikes, but fuck 'em, I'm right.

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randymarsh9 t1_ivpt0e1 wrote

The county is nearly exclusively run by Republicans, no? And the election director was picked by them, no?

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DonHedger t1_ivpuoqi wrote

Yeah currently. I'm just adding context to explain that hasn't historically been the case.

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vasquca1 t1_ivmhxii wrote

Isn't that his childhood home?

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kellzone t1_ivmjd07 wrote

Lackawanna (Scranton), not Luzerne (Wilkes-Barre)

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vasquca1 t1_ivmk9eb wrote

How are the Lackawanna machines running?

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PensiveLog t1_ivmq23j wrote

Hopefully not well, we need them to stay still so people can vote.

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kellzone t1_ivmpal4 wrote

Haven't heard anything about them on the news so I would assume okay. It's not like I have my gaze fixed on that sort of thing though, there's a Flyers game on.

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