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Delaware County board delegates emergency election authority to director
Summary
The Delaware County Board of Elections voted to delegate to Election Director James Allen authority to make emergency election-administration decisions, including emergency polling-place changes and mail/absentee ballot processing, after discussing examples that would require rapid action.
The Delaware County Board of Elections voted to authorize Election Director James Allen to make emergency election-administration decisions, including processing mail and absentee ballots and making emergency polling-place changes, for the upcoming election.
Board of Elections director James Allen said the delegation is meant to allow the office to respond quickly to last-minute court orders, polling-place emergencies and staffing vacancies. "For example, in 2022, right before the November election, we received a rather, extremely last minute order from the Pennsylvania…
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