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Deminpenn

(15,278 posts)
Sat May 15, 2021, 12:15 AM May 2021

Shortage of poll workers in several "red" SW Pa counties

No link, but there was a story on the local news tonight that at least 3 R-voting counties are having trouble attracting poll workers. The counties are Westmoreland, a very large R county, Washington and Fayette. If there aren't enough poll workers, fewer polling places will be available. Ironic if Rs are stuck waiting in line to vote in Tuesday's primary.

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Shortage of poll workers in several "red" SW Pa counties (Original Post) Deminpenn May 2021 OP
Glad that my ancestor, John Proctor, left that area. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #1

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
1. Glad that my ancestor, John Proctor, left that area.
Sat May 15, 2021, 01:28 AM
May 2021

His Westmoreland County battalion's Revolutionary War flag is now the official flag for that county.





I cringe at the thought of MAGAts there waving that flag during their public displays of insanity!


It's ironic that Col. John Proctor left for Northern KY, to live with a son, after he supposedly lost his land in Westmoreland County for not having a deed! Another man later filed for a deed of the same land, and that was that.

He was the first sheriff of that county, so such an oversight is very odd! On the other hand, there were no land deeds when he first settled there prior to the county's formation.

Edit:
"Made in the fall of 1775, it is the only surviving rattlesnake flag from the American Revolution."
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/fort-pitt-museum/dont-tread-on-me

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