Temp worker tossed Pennsylvania ballots Trump complained about, official says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The small number of mishandled military ballots at a Pennsylvania elections board that sparked a federal inquiry and allegations from the Trump campaign that Democrats were "trying to steal the election" were actually "incorrectly" tossed by a temp, a county official said Friday.

In a press release, Luzerne County County Manager David Pedri said a "temporary seasonal independent contractor" who started work sorting mail at the Elections Bureau on Sept. 14th had "incorrectly" thrown out a small number of military and overseas ballots.

The county elections director found out what had happened two days later, and had all the trash from the three-day period "placed in a dumpster and secured," the release said.

“Each bag of garbage from the entire building in the dumpster was searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office, Pennsylvania State Police as well as Luzerne County staff. All items of concern were taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigations,” according to the release, which noted the temp was asked not to return.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/temp-worker-tossed-pennsylvania-ballots-trump-complained-about-official-says/ar-BB19qRbI?li=BBnb7Kz

[RhodeIslandOne]

1. None of this instills me with much confidence. n/m

[LeftInTX]

2. Much ado about nothing...

Sure yes, this person did something wrong, but wasn't trying to "steal an election".

I'm surprised the ballots were put in a dumpster....Also wouldn't they need to have two judges look at a ballot before discarding one?

[jimfields33]

4. I'm sure those whose ballots were thrown away don't think it's much ado about nothing

I hope they completely change their procedures so this doesn’t happen again.

[LeftInTX]

5. The Trump campaign is involved with this and Barr fed Trump the info as if it was a national

emergency. The DOJ then stated that Trump ballots were purposely being tossed out.

[rgbecker]

3. Maybe a DU election official could tell us....

If a ballot is rejected because it was not put in second secure envelope and thus was a "Naked" ballot, what happens to it?

Is it not discarded? Is it keep in a safe deposit box for all posterity? Is it shredded? Burned? Are dumpsters not sufficient?

Just asking.

[yellowcanine]

6. Is anyone else unnerved by untrained temp workers handling ballots?

[crickets]

7. I am. It's ridiculous.

Even given lack of experience, proper supervision would have prevented what happened.

[LisaL]

8. Training as well.

NT