Residents voiced their concerns weeks after a majority of the Lebanon County Commissioners vote to eliminate the courthouse ballot drop box before the 2024 presidential primary.
Lebanon resident Pam Tricamo told commissioners she was “deeply disappointed” in the decision to remove the box without an alternative method in place. Addressing concerns about accessibility for residents, Tricamo asked if the commissioners would consider leaving the box in place for the elderly and handicapped residents.
“In a county as small as ours with something that is used by thousands of people, to eliminate it without giving us any heads up and an opportunity to issue our opinions about it, I just don’t think that is the right way to go about it,” she said.
In a 2-1 vote on Jan. 18, Republican incumbent Commissioners Bob Phillips and Michael Kuhn voted to remove the box where voters could turn in their mail-in ballots. Both commissioners have said that the removal of the box was about voter integrity.