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Residents, advocates urge Mahoning County not to move Board of Elections from Youngstown
Summary
Public commenters told county commissioners on June 18 that relocating the Mahoning County Board of Elections office to a recently purchased building in Austintown would harm Youngstown voters and asked for public hearings; commissioners said no formal relocation proposal is currently pending.
Residents and community advocates told the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners on June 18 that a proposed move of the county Board of Elections office from Youngstown to a county‑owned building in Austintown would disenfranchise city voters and asked the commissioners to hold public hearings before any decision.
Reverend Kenneth L. Simon, chair of the Greater Youngstown Community Mobilization Coalition, speaking for 25 minority organizations, said the coalition had submitted alternate site recommendations and asked whether the commissioners had investigated those suggestions. "Answer our questions, reconsider this move, schedule public hearings on this matter, and respond to the Community Mobilization Coalition directly…
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