Washington County asks 23 voters to return after issue with electronic poll book
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The polls are closed, and Pennsylvania officials are calling it a smooth Election Day with only a few issues.Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt said a few counties experienced minor issues, which were resolved. In Washington County, polling place hours were extended at one precinct for about two dozen voters who were asked to return to make sure their votes would be counted.Washington County public relations director Nicole Ford told KDKA there was an issue Tuesday morning with an electronic poll book at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Chartiers Township. Twenty-three voters had to vote via emergency paper ballots.Ford said it was later determined there was an issue with the Chartiers-3 judge of elections, who was removed by a judge in a hearing shortly after 5 p.m.She said the county then asked the 23 voters who did not sign the poll book between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. to return to vote provisionally before 8 p.m. To give the voters more time to return, the polling plac