{"id":1906111,"date":"2023-03-28T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-highlight-luzerne-countys-voter-suppression-in-the-2022-midterms\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:43:38","slug":"house-republicans-highlight-luzerne-countys-voter-suppression-in-the-2022-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-highlight-luzerne-countys-voter-suppression-in-the-2022-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Highlight Luzerne County\u2019s Voter Suppression In The 2022 Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-highlight-luzerne-countys-voter-suppression-in-the-2022-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1906111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The Committee on House Administration, comprised of Republicans, recently held a hearing to discuss Luzerne County, Pennsylvania&#8217;s 2022 election failures. During the hearing, Chairman and Republican Rep. Bryan Steil noted the lack of evidence to support accusations by Democrats that states such as Georgia and Florida, who have implemented voter integrity laws, are suppressing voters. Steil highlighted evidence of Luzerne County voters who wanted to vote but were turned away from polls due to mismanagement by election officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-932722030\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-32fe0db8754df7f2942dfd8db834971b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-32fe0db8754df7f2942dfd8db834971b\"><\/div>\n<p>During the morning of election day, several precincts throughout Luzerne County reported ballot paper shortages, leading to voters being turned away by election workers. In response, a judge ordered polling places to stay open two additional hours or until 10 p.m. Despite the election board&#8217;s initial refusal to certify the election results (2-2-1), the board ultimately certified the results following legal threats from leftist law firms. Democrats, who typically criticize GOP-backed election integrity initiatives, have remained quiet regarding the disenfranchisement of Luzerne voters. <\/p>\n<p>The Republican candidate for Pennsylvania&#8217;s 8th Congressional District, Jim Bognet, referred to the election in Luzerne as a \u201cdisaster\u201d and criticized county election officials for their mismanagement of the contest and post-election matters. Bognet also expressed concern over lack of accountability or responsibility taken four and a half months after the election, with officials refusing to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>Three Luzerne election officials declined the House committee\u2019s invitation to testify on Tuesday after the county law office recommended they not attend due to an ongoing investigation. During his remarks, Bognet accused county officials of hiding behind the investigation to avoid answering questions from constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats at the hearing used the opportunity to play political games and advance trite talking points. Alabama Democrat Rep. Terri Sewell called for more funding from the federal government to provide grants for state election administration. In the 2020 election, left-wing groups like the Center for Tech and Civic Life received hundreds of millions of dollars from Mark Zuckerberg to change how elections were administered, including expanding unsecured election protocols like mail-in voting and ballot drop boxes. These grants were heavily skewed towards Democrat-majority counties, essentially creating a massive Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking Member and Democrat Rep. Joe Morelle attempted to rehash the 2020 election with questions for Bognet about Joe Biden&#8217;s successful run.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e3692107b404d991b55fd6a1442001fd fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e3692107b404d991b55fd6a1442001fd\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Shawn Fleetwood writes for The Federalist and is a recent graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also works as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and has been featured in outlets such as RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow Fleetwood on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2022-midterms\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2022 midterms<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ballot-paper\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">ballot paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/bryan-steil\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Bryan Steil<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/committee-on-house-administration\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Committee on House Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jim-bognet\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Jim Bognet<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/luzerne-county\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Luzerne County<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/voter-disenfranchisement\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">voter disenfranchisement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/voter-suppression\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">voter suppression<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/voting\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">voting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the Committee on House Administration held a hearing Tuesday highlighting the failures by Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, election officials in managing the locality\u2019s 2022 election. \u201cFor years, several of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have claimed that states like Florida and Georgia \u2014 that have implemented voter integrity laws \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1906112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3990,8208,14123,3653,22948,7408,3756,6982,6459],"class_list":["post-1906111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-3990","tag-countys","tag-highlight","tag-house","tag-luzerne","tag-midterms","tag-republicans","tag-suppression","tag-voter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1906112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}