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Turnover plagues election offices, one swing state county trying to recover

election workers, Arizona, Pennsylvania, conspiracy theories, Nevada, Congress, threats

Stacks of paper too thick for Luzerne County's election equipment are seen in the county's warehouse in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. on Sept. 13, 2023. Election offices have been understaffed for years. But 2020 was a tipping point, with all the pandemic-related challenges before the presidential vote and the hostility afterward driven by false claims of a stolen election in Arizona and around the country. A wave of retirements and resignations has followed, creating a vacuum of institutional knowledge across the country. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Turnover plagues election offices, one swing state county trying to recover

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — The polls had just opened for last year’s midterms in Pennsylvania when the phones began ringing at the election office in Luzerne County. Polling places were...

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