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Westmoreland County
Announces Public Demonstration Schedule for New Voting Machines
Posted 04-04-2006
The Westmoreland County Board of
Commissioners today announced a series of public demonstrations of the
county's new electronic voting machines that will be used in the spring
primary election.
"The commissioners understand that the best way to get voters
comfortable with the new voting machines is hands-on experience," said
Westmoreland County Elections Director Paula Pedicone. "County
representatives will be at various locations throughout the county,
leading up to the primary election, to try to expose as many people as
possible to the equipment. I encourage all voters to take advantage of
this opportunity to sample vote on the new machines."
The federal Help America Vote Act required counties to switch
to electronic voting systems in time for the 2006 primary. Using
federal grant money, Westmoreland County is purchasing 750 "iVotronic"
voting machines to replace its 50-year old lever machines.
In addition to the public demonstration events, an on-line
demo is available through the county website at
www.co.westmoreland.pa.us.
The following is a schedule of the demonstrations. All events are free and open to the public.
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April 7, New Alexandria
-- New Alexandria Fireman's Club, Route 22
(5:00-7:00 p.m.)
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April 11, North Huntingdon
-- North Huntingdon Townhouse, 11279
Center Highway (9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon)
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April 11, Youngwood
-- Westmoreland County Community College,
Founders Hall Main Lobby, 400 Armbrust Road (11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 18, Murrysville
-- Redstone Highlands, 4951 Cline Hollow Road
(10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 18, New Kensington
-- New Kensington Senior Center, 1039 Third
Avenue (10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 19, Monessen
-- Monessen Senior Center, 1925 Grand Boulevard
(10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 20, Donegal -- Donegal Community Center, 113 Community Center
Lane (8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)
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April 21, Latrobe --Municipal Building, 901 Jefferson Avenue (10:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
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April 24, East Vandergrift
-- East Vandergrift Senior Center, 400
McKinley Avenue (11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 25, Scottdale
-- Scottdale Senior Citizens Corporation, 405
Porter Avenue (12:00 noon-2:30 p.m.)
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April 26, Jeannette
-- Jeannette Senior Center, Trinity Lutheran
Church, Gaskill and Third Streets (11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 26, New Florence
-- Municipal Building, 117 Franklin Street
(10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 26, Avonmore
-- Avonmore Senior Center, Railroad Street (11:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
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April 27, New
Stanton -- Hempfield Hunt Club, 248 West Pennsylvania
Avenue (1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.)
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April 28, Mount Pleasant
-- Mount Pleasant Fireman's Club, 622
Smithfield Street (7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.)
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May 2, West Newton
-- West Newton Senior Center, 103 Main Street
(10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon)
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May 3, Ligonier -- Borough Building, 120 East Main Street (9:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
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May 11, Greensburg
-- University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 1150
Mt. Pleasant Road (9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)
In addition to these events, voting machine demonstrations
will be offered in the lobby of the County Courthouse immediately
following the commissioners' public meetings on Thursdays, April 13,
April 27 and May 11, from 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Additional public events may be planned. An updated schedule
will be available through the county homepage at
www.co.westmoreland.pa.us.
The primary election is Tuesday, May 16.
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