UPDATE: Shortly before 8:50 a.m., a constable on scene reported to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that the polling place in Lincoln Place was now up and running.EARLIER REPORT: The District 31, Precinct 3 polling place on Muldowney Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood opened late Tuesday when the election judge did not arrive. Poll workers did not have the supplies needed to open up the site. According to election workers on-site, a fill-in judge was brought in, and at approximately 8:15 a.m., efforts were being made to open the polling place.Some were in line at 6:30 a.m. to cast their ballot. Don Hoover, a voter, got their before 7 a.m. and ended up voting provisionally. “It’s probably the biggest election of the century. And, you know, this is not a time for a hiccup,” he said.Provisional ballots were also being used. An election worker told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 less than 20 people had to vote provisionally before they got the machines up and running. Despite that, the voters impacted said they were not thrilled about the situation. “It’s not the the poll workers, it’s the leaders. And that’s what has to change.And that’s why we’re here to try to change it. And with there being, you know, all these obstacles in our way. It’s really absurd,” Joanne Walls, a voter, said.A county spokesperson said provisional ballots will not be counted tonight. It will take several days to count them. Polls were scheduled to open at 7 a.m.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 was on the scene working to learn more about what happened.There also a delay in opening a polling place in Whitehall due to an elections judge being late but that site was back up and running as of 8:20 a.m.
UPDATE: Shortly before 8:50 a.m., a constable on scene reported to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that the polling place in Lincoln Place was now up and running.
EARLIER REPORT:
The District 31, Precinct 3 polling place on Muldowney Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood opened late Tuesday when the election judge did not arrive.
Poll workers did not have the supplies needed to open up the site.
According to election workers on-site, a fill-in judge was brought in, and at approximately 8:15 a.m., efforts were being made to open the polling place.
Some were in line at 6:30 a.m. to cast their ballot. Don Hoover, a voter, got their before 7 a.m. and ended up voting provisionally.
“It’s probably the biggest election of the century. And, you know, this is not a time for a hiccup,” he said.
Provisional ballots were also being used. An election worker told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 less than 20 people had to vote provisionally before they got the machines up and running.
Despite that, the voters impacted said they were not thrilled about the situation.
“It’s not the the poll workers, it’s the leaders. And that’s what has to change.And that’s why we’re here to try to change it. And with there being, you know, all these obstacles in our way. It’s really absurd,” Joanne Walls, a voter, said.
A county spokesperson said provisional ballots will not be counted tonight. It will take several days to count them.
Polls were scheduled to open at 7 a.m.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 was on the scene working to learn more about what happened.
There also a delay in opening a polling place in Whitehall due to an elections judge being late but that site was back up and running as of 8:20 a.m.
