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Election Day 2024 Live • Pennsylvania Capital-Star [1]

['Capital-Star Staff', 'Peter Hall', 'John Cole', 'Ian Karbal', 'Ben Wasserstein', 'Kim Lyons', 'Christina Kristofic', 'Patrick Abdalla', 'More From Author', '- November']

Date: 2024-11-05 18:11:39+00:00

Northampton County Republicans sue, saying county election officials denied poll lists

Republican Party officials in Northampton County filed a lawsuit Election Day morning saying they have been denied a list of polling place judges and inspectors that it and candidates use to station poll watchers.

The filing said that elections office officials had ignored repeated requests to provide the list, which the Northampton County Republican Committee has provided for each election including the 2023 general election.

The filing said the complaint would be presented to the Northampton County Common Pleas Court judge on duty for election day.

A spokesperson said Northampton County officials would not have a comment until the judge rules. A spokesperson for the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts said a judge ordered the parties to submit briefs by 2 p.m.

The lawsuit says the list is a public record and that county officials are deliberately withholding the information. It notes that County Executive Lamont McClure is a Democrat, as are the appointed senior government officials in the county.

The county Republican party alleges that county officials are acting in an “obdurate, dilatory, vexations and partisan” manner that is intended to put the party and Republican candidates at a disadvantage.

Northampton County, at the eastern edge of the state, is considered a bellwether for Pennsylvania and is closely watched in presidential elections. President Joe Biden won the county in 2020 by less than three-quarters of a point. Former President Donald Trump won Northampton County by slightly less than a point in 2016.

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