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  • Pennsylvania's unique system of electing poll workers comes with downsides

    Stacker, Carter Walker for Votebeat|Feb 12, 2026

    Pennsylvania’s unique system of electing poll workers comes with downsides For this November’s election, no candidate was listed on the ballot for judge of elections in Scranton’s Ward 6, Precinct 1. So the poll worker on duty allegedly wrote her own name on the ballots. According to the Lackawanna County district attorney, Kathie Sico, who was serving as the precinct’s judge of elections that day, decided to write herself in for the position on the ballots before handing them to voters....