Westmoreland County’s three-member elections board rejected a proposal to install a drop box for mail-in ballots in the courthouse lobby.
The Trib reports that Common Pleas Judges Tim Krieger and Justin Walsh declined to vote on the pitch from the elections bureau this week to place a single box near the main courthouse entrance in Greensburg and, in doing so, reversed a policy approved last spring. The proposed drop box would have been at the newly reopened Main Street Entrance.
Voters will still be able to cast mail-in ballots in person at the courthouse and extended hours of operation were approved for the elections bureau. Beginning Oct. 24, the elections bureau will be open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The office will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Election Day.
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