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October 28, 2004
Bad stuff in Scranton?
This is interesting.
Lackawanna County will make a rush mass mailing to more than 10,000 registered voters to notify them of polling place changes in Tuesday's general election.The mailing is part of a compromise reached Wednesday evening in U.S. District Court after the Lackawanna County Democratic Committee sued the county Board of Elections in an attempt to block the relocation of 15 heavily Democratic precincts to new polling places.
Chief Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie helped broker the deal, which also requires the Voter Registration Office to run a quarter-page advertisement outlining the poll changes in the Times-Tribune newspapers Sunday and Monday.
"Under the circumstances, it's the best we could hope for," said county Democratic chairman Jerry Notarianni.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday morning by Mr. Notarianni and Dunmore residents Tim and Janet Brier, accused the Republican-controlled election board of intentionally targeting predominantly Democratic districts when deciding which polling locations would change. Democrats make up more than 76 percent of the registered voters in the 15 precincts, the suit said.
Link: Voters in new polling places to be notified
Posted by Chris Coleman at October 28, 2004 02:26 PM