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Pennsylvania voters went to the polls last week to help carry on a centuries-old practice that no other state does: elections to choose their election workers. “It was a great idea in the 1800s that ...

Electing poll workers can cause all sorts of problems, as demonstrated by a case in which one allegedly wrote her own name on ...

Mail ballots are sorted and counted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Election Day November 2022. When Pennsylvania holds its 2025 municipal election on Nov. 4, thousands of poll workers will ensure that ...

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Pennsylvania voters went to the ...

Two voters from the West Pittston 3rd Ward arrived at the polls at 7 p.m. with no waiting for an open machine. Poll worker Clark Switzer, right, stands by the ballot machine waiting to load the two ...