by KYW’s Tony Romeo
Governor Rendell has rescinded the administration’s policy of not releasing a statewide list of polling places -- due to concerns about terrorism -- one day after an Associated Press story about it.
The spokeswoman for Pennsylvania’s election agency, Leslie Amoros, says to begin with, the Department of State didn’t make a practice of releasing the list of polling places on a statewide basis. Then, after bomb attacks during the Spanish election season of 2004, various state agencies discussed the situation:
“In light of what happened in Spain, the agencies agreed it would be appropriate not to release a statewide list.”
Zack Stalberg is head of Philadelphia’s election watchdog group, “Committee of 70”:
“It sounds wacky to me. It is consistent with the state’s long running desire to keep as much secret as they possibly can.”
Amoros, meanwhile, says voters can get information about polling places online or by phone. In part for that reason, Governor Rendell has now decided to rescind the policy of not releasing a statewide list.
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