William Ebert, judge of election in Hazle Twp.’s District 4, knew it was going to be a long day, when immediately after the polls opened, he needed to start solving problems.
Minutes after 7 a.m., Ebert was on the phone with Luzerne County election officials to find out what was going on with Republican ballots, and then spent the rest of the morning explaining and showing folks that their ballot was OK.
It was only the initial page that stated it was an official Democratic ballot, but all of the other pages on the touch screen had Republican candidates and the actual ballot printed out correctly, he said.
But the mistake, attributed to a “coding error” that “occurred during vendor programming of the device, angered numerous people who worried their vote wouldn’t count, Ebert said.
He said he wouldn’t repeat what some people said, as it wasn’t fit for print.
Ebert worked to deescalate volatile situations made worse by people putting out incorrect information on social media, and most voters understood what happened when he was given a chance to explain.
“There’s so many lies out there, you don’t know what’s true and what’s not,” said Paul Romanick of Hazle Twp., who came out to vote with his wife, Angie, Tuesday morning.
The ballots were fine — all the correct candidates were listed and could be selected, and the completed ballot printed out fine, the couple said. What they were reading on social media wasn’t correct, they said.
Otherwise, turnout at the two polling places at the Hazle Twp. Fire Co. was slow, but steady, Ebert said. Outside, two people handing out information for candidates chatted with people and watched two small birds building a nest in a light fixture above the parking lot.
Paul Romanick was among those stopping to chat, and said he felt bad for the poll workers inside. They had to deal with voters’ ire and deal with problems that they had nothing to do with.
In Conyngham ...
One woman entering Conyngham Borough Municipal Building to vote in Tuesday’s primary said she expected a line.
No borough offices were contested so voters didn’t file out the door, but during a 25-minute span in the morning, 15 people voted.
Once they entered, a large ballot with state and county judicial candidates and four public questions gave them a lot to read.
Asked what brought him to the polls, Scott Phillips said, “having the privilege to vote. You can’t take that for granted.”
Before voting, Phillips returned books at the library next door to the polls so he completed two errands on one trip.
Phillips said he should have brought his dog for a walk, which he often does.
“Then I could have got three at once.”
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