On Friday, I told you that it was very possible that the wrong Mail-in-Ballots (MIB) were being sent to voters in Easton City Council's District 2 race. The two candidates for Easton City Council are Sharbel Koorie and Julie Zando-Dennis. But one voter told Koorie that the ballot he received was for the race in another district, where a candidate is running unopposed. Koorie called the elections office and was told that this was a one-off. An election worker just accidentally placed the wrong ballot in the envelope addressed to the voter in District 2. It was more than a one-off.
As Julie Zando-Dennis observed yesterday on her Facebook page yesterday, at least 48 incorrect ballots have been mailed. Apparently, the elections office is calling or writing to voters to ask them to request a new MIB or is voiding the incorrect ballots. But how many voters will recognize these calls or letters as legitimate?
There is no question that the election in Easton District 2 has been tainted. This error cannot be caught during the official canvass because the ballots themselves are separated from the envelopes once the envelopes are opened to assure voter privacy.
This marks the third time since 2019 that NorCo has botched an election. In 2019, the voting machine manufacturer failed to calibrate the machines. In 2023, the machines were improperly tested and elections officials failed to provide enough emergency paper ballots to voting precincts. Now the wrong MIB has been sent to voters.
I personally think elections workers have been asked to do much. They are conducted a MIB election, a ballot-on-demand election and voting in person, They also have been tasked with opening and operating two satellite offices. They simply are being asked to do too much, and this is leading to problems.
Unfortunately, the only remedy I see in District Two is a special election between Zando-Dennis and Koorie. Both candidates are very depressed at what has happened. But it is the voters who have been shortchanged. You have the right to an election that, as Lamont McClure says, is "legal, fair, and accurate." This is none of those things.
Unfortunately, other raceswith cross-filed candidates have been compromised as well. In most cases, this makes no difference. But it does in Nazareth's School Board race. I will tell you about that in the post below.
McClure, the election commissioners and the election office are all inept. To err is human, but three times? You can't excuse that.
ReplyDeleteThe hits just keep on coming. Yet another nail in the coffin of McClures run for Congress
ReplyDeleteThere's no doubt in my mind ever since mail-in balloting privilege was expanded to include ALL voters, this process was not, and is STILL NOT ready to be underway across this nation. Until this confused mess of process can be fixed to a minimal level of expected error, our American system of governance will remain under a cloud of doubt.
ReplyDeleteEvery announced election result, no matter how few ballots were cast, can only be viewed with suspicion. This holds true ever since the start of the Obama era. So, we can be sure somewhere, up through all levels of government, people were falsely put into office.
I thought Lamont was cooked in his primary, but this will insure it. God lord
ReplyDeleteEverything has been screwed up since McClueless took over. His Administration and him are a joke. He should be referred to as Jr. Trump.
ReplyDeleteyou're sick
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ReplyDeleteYou have the right to an election that, as Lamont McClure says, is "legal, fair, and accurate."
Isn’t that a great platitude? He’s the one responsible for making sure the elections run properly and fairly! This is his third failure in 6 years!
You can say election workers are being asked to do too much, and you could be right. But I don’t keep seeing these problems in other counties, or at least in the same county over and over again.
That only seems to be happening in NorCo. The common denominator? Lamont McClure.
And he wants to take that same ability to Washington! What a joke!
Only in Northampton County- McCluless & Co. are so incompetent!
DeleteOther counties are experiencing problems.The county election offices are being asked to conduct 4 different types of electios, valitate voter registrations, etc.These local municipal elections are very complicated. With all the add ons that are being tasked there are bound to be unintentional mistakes. That being said, it all erodes voter confidence. Roll back Actt 77 and return to same day elections withvoter ID.
DeleteBernie — you asked, “The elections office is calling or writing to voters to ask them to request a new mail-in ballot, but how many voters will recognize these calls or letters as legitimate?” I can tell you that I spoke to one voter last evening who received such a call and thought it was a scam.
ReplyDeleteAnon 6:18 said: “I thought Lamont was cooked in his primary, but this will insure it.”
ReplyDelete6:18 - In a sane primary yes, but he’s running as a democrat.
Actual results don’t matter there, just that whoever wins will toe the line of the radical Leftists that run the democrat party.
McClure is the perfect candidate for them
The communists and socialists that set the agenda for the democrats are looking for hacks, not facts.
Since you’re interested in facts take a good look at our current government and explain what happened to democracy and our checks and balance system per the constitution where the legislative branch is listed first Trump is a dictator
DeleteAfter McClure fired Dertinger, you would think he would pay more attention to the issue in the Elections Division. True, he can't personally be in every office of the County, however, when something goes wrong that you fire a department head, then you have another huge error in the same office, then you have another huge error in the same office again, McClure MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. It's called LEADERSHIP and accepting responsibility.
ReplyDeleteKarma strikes again!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe if McClure spent a little bit of time overseeing the elections office and not campaigning for Congress or stumping for TZ, he would catch these things.
ReplyDeleteThe courthouse cafeteria seating area will be closed to employees and the public for over a week after the election for 'election operations'. I'm not sure what 'election operations' entails beyond counting votes, but that seems like an excessive amount of time needed, especially in a non-presidential election year.
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