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**Hugh** · 14-03-2018, 14:41

This may explain why some people can't vote (because they're not supposed to...)

http://triblive.com/local/regional/1...ng-eligibility

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The race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone for the 18th Congressional District seat caused a bit of angst for “voters” across Pennsylvania on Tuesday who tried to cast ballots, only to be turned away because they live outside the district.

Officials in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties — portions of which are included in the 18th District — said they received angry calls from voters who live outside the district but thought they should have been eligible to vote in the special election.

And it didn't end there.

Indeed, confusion apparently was the order of the day across the state.

The Morning Call , a daily newspaper in Allentown, reported that voters in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, nearly 300 miles from the 18th Congressional District, logged angry calls to county elections officials there complaining that the polls were closed and they were denied a right to vote in the hotly contested special election that has drawn national media attention.

Closer to home, Allegheny County officials said there are 214,772 eligible voters in 253 voting precincts across the county who could vote in the race.

In Sewickley, the county received complaints about a polling place that was not open. That municipality is not in the 18th District.

County officials said several voters in Monroeville were turned away from their polling places because of confusion over wards that are split between congressional districts. Part of Monroeville is in U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle's district.

Monroeville wards in the 18th District are: Ward 2 — Districts 1 and 3; Ward 3 — District 2; Ward 4 — Districts 1 and 2; and Ward 5 — District 3. Only voters in those wards were permitted to vote.

Westmoreland County elections officials fielded calls from voters confused about why their precincts were closed, not aware they are in a different congressional district, said Beth Lechman, elections bureau director. A handful of those calls came from the Murrysville area, she said.

Of the county's 175 precincts, 125 participated in the special election. River towns such as Donegal, Charleroi and Monongahela are not included, but some voters there called to ask why their precincts were closed.

“Some are just kind of confused because they see ads on TV and signs on the road, so they thought they were included,” said Melanie Ostrander, the county's assistant director of elections.

Tina Kiger, director of Greene County's Office of Elections and Voter Registration, said her staff received between 65 and 70 calls from voters who thought they lived in the 18th District but learned they did not when they went to vote. All of Greene County west of Interstate 79 and a small sliver east of the interstate is in the 18th District.

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Originally Posted by Mick

Cannot really measure things like swings etc accurately in one Congressional race, and as it stands, 5 out of 6 congressional elections have gone to Republicans, either way, turn out is not as good as Country wide presidential elections. People just don’t go out and vote like they do in big elections.

I read also some Republicans voters were turned away from voting, because the district lines on the map were changed in the recent boundary changes, which Republicans I believe have approached the Supreme Court to look at.

Democrat Lamb also ran on Trump policies, Pro Life, Pro-Gun, said wouldn’t vote behind Pelosi etc.

There was also other Elections yesterday and the Republican candidate won very comfortably.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/p...ues/index.html

Lamb ran on a platform for universal health care, for reproductive choice (pro-choice, not "Pro Life"), and protecting unions - none of these are Trump policies. He supported the steel/aluminum tariff policy and stronger background checks.

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Health care: Lamb criticized the GOP attempt to repeal Obamacare and called for bipartisan efforts to stabilize its markets. "I'll work with anyone from either party who wants to help people with pre-existing conditions, improve the quality of care, and reduce premiums, out-of-pocket costs, and prescription drug prices," he says on his campaign website.

Taxes: He called the GOP tax bill a "giveaway" to wealthy Americans and said he supports cuts for the middle class. "We didn't need to add a penny to our debt to have the tax cut for our working and middle-class people," Lamb said in a debate.

Gun control: He's called for a stronger system of background checks but no new gun restrictions. "I believe we have a pretty good law on the books and it says on paper that there are a lot of people who should never get guns in their hands," Lamb said.

Tariffs: He supports President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, saying at a debate that "we have to take some action to level the playing field."

Abortion: Lamb personally opposes abortion but backs the Supreme Court's decision legalizing it. "Once you make something a right, it's a right. And it's like that for a reason," he told HuffPost. Lamb told the Weekly Standard he doesn't support a ban on abortion at 20 weeks.