250-300 Pa. Polls Lack Power, State Won't ID Them

A Department of State spokesman said the number continues to fall as crews work to restore electricity

The Corbett administration says between 250 and 300 polling places remain without power just four days before the presidential election, but it won't say which ones.

Department of State spokesman Ron Ruman said Friday the number continues to fall as crews work to restore electricity. He says a request by The Associated Press for the list is under consideration, because of concerns it might mislead voters.

The bulk of the outages are in the southeast, Lehigh Valley and northeast, but others are scattered in other parts of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania has about 9,300 polling places.

For those that remain without power on election day, county officials can move precincts, use paper ballots, bring in generators or rely on the machines' batteries for juice.

 

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