One month from crucial election, GOP county commissioners fire Democrat deputy director of elections

[PA Democrat]

They claim the firing was "not political" but the Westmoreland County Republican commissioners have a history of going after and firing their political enemies. They were successfully sued by two former high ranking Democrats within county government several years ago.

Westmoreland commissioners fired the deputy director of the county’s elections bureau — a move that continues upheaval in the department just a month before the Nov. 3 election.

County officials on Thursday would not comment on the reasons for the dismissal of Scott Sistek, who served for more than a month this summer as the election bureau’s interim director and before being named in August as its permanent second-in-command.

“There is no politics involved in this whatsoever,” said Commissioner Doug Chew. “It has nothing to do with any election issues.”

Commissioners named Sistek interim director following the late July resignation of the department’s director. That was two months after he was transferred to the elections office. In August, he was appointed deputy director with a $39,400 annual salary upon the hiring of JoAnn Sebastiani as the new office head.

https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/county-fires-deputy-director-of-elections-bureau-with-nov-3-election-looming/

[blue neen]

1. What is going on in this county?!?

The Republican vendettas have been going on for a number of years, and it has got to stop!!!

One wonders why Beth Lechner resigned this year from her position as the director of elections. After all, the Republican Commissioners gave the seat to their own selection JoAnn Sebastiani, a person who has no experience with elections.


https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/westmoreland-finds-new-county-elections-bureau-director-in-its-tax-office/

[blue neen]

2. This is a crucial election year.

Isn't Allegheny County already mailing out their requested ballots?


Where are Westmoreland County ballots? Does anyone know?

[PA Democrat]

4. Allegheny County began mailing theirs last week.

Westmoreland has outsourced it to a company in Ohio.

They are delivering info/ picking up ballots by driving from here to Ohio and back. Maybe by horse and buggy?

[blue neen]

5. Ohio? These Commissioners are a disgrace.

I wonder if the Biden Campaign is aware of their shenanigans.

[enough]

3. Open war on the election. NT

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Sure, Jan.

Sure.

“There is no politics involved in this whatsoever,” said Commissioner Doug Chew. “It has nothing to do with any election issues.”