Pennsylvania Democratic Party is calling for an investigation into voting irregularities that observers noted in Dauphin and Perry counties on Election Day.
Below are the improprieties observed:
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Unprepared staff at multiple polling locations resulting in long lines.
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Waits of more than two hours at some polling locations, and no attempt to move the process faster — voters literally had to choose between going to work and voting in this historic election.
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Calibration problems with voting machines.
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Final results of key precincts were not provided until almost five hours after the polls closed.
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Election observers turned away from the Board of Elections when they attempted to observe the ballot count.
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Police instructed observers that they could not even stand on the same side of the street, on a public sidewalk, when ballot information was being unloaded from a car — after midnight.
“The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is committed to helping voters cast their ballots with confidence and integrity,” said Marcel L. Groen, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. “As such, today we called for an investigation into voting irregularities in those counties.”