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Hearing scheduled for election day paper problems in Luzerne County

The focus of the hearing will be allegations the issues prevented thousands of people from exercising their right to vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The Committee on House Administration scheduled a hearing to look into the election day problems in Luzerne County.

About an hour after polls opened back in November, several polling places shut down.

Those spots ran out of the special paper needed to create ballots.

Officials went as far as to try and buy regular paper from a local office supply store, but that failed.

The committee's website says the focus of the hearing in Washington will be allegations the issues prevented thousands of people from exercising their right to vote.

Former County Manager Randy Robertson resigned one day after the election.

Robertson lasted five months on the job.

That hearing in Washington, D.C. is scheduled for Tuesday, March 28.

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