Mike
Site Co-Founder
This will be a public meeting - come somebody in Lancaster contact the County commissioner's office and ask if public comment will be allowed?
On open carry presence at the meeting would be great if we have enough time torally folks to go on a work day evening after an election day. Mary Stehman, chief clerk of Lancaster County Board of Elections, and the Penn. Dept. of State seem to need some education as to Pennsylvania preemption law and the righ tot carry guns in public under the Penn. and federal constitutions.
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The Lancaster County commissioners on Tuesday were asked to consider barring voters from carrying firearms into polling places across the county.
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Mary Stehman, chief clerk of Lancaster County Board of Elections, brought the recommendation to the commissioners in the form of a resolution.
The proposed resolution states, "Transportation of firearms into any polling place in Lancaster County by any person, other than by a constable present at the polling place to preserve the peace, or a police officer serving warrants or called upon to preserve the peace, is prohibited."
Stehman said she made the recommendation to the commissioners at the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of State.
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"I think this has some issues," county solicitor Don Lefever said of the proposed resolution. "My sense is it's not a prohibition that we can enforce."
The commissioners pledged to review the proposed resolution and decide whether to proceed with it at their weekly meeting at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the county administration building at 150 N. Queen St.
On open carry presence at the meeting would be great if we have enough time torally folks to go on a work day evening after an election day. Mary Stehman, chief clerk of Lancaster County Board of Elections, and the Penn. Dept. of State seem to need some education as to Pennsylvania preemption law and the righ tot carry guns in public under the Penn. and federal constitutions.
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The Lancaster County commissioners on Tuesday were asked to consider barring voters from carrying firearms into polling places across the county.
. . .
Mary Stehman, chief clerk of Lancaster County Board of Elections, brought the recommendation to the commissioners in the form of a resolution.
The proposed resolution states, "Transportation of firearms into any polling place in Lancaster County by any person, other than by a constable present at the polling place to preserve the peace, or a police officer serving warrants or called upon to preserve the peace, is prohibited."
Stehman said she made the recommendation to the commissioners at the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of State.
. . .
"I think this has some issues," county solicitor Don Lefever said of the proposed resolution. "My sense is it's not a prohibition that we can enforce."
The commissioners pledged to review the proposed resolution and decide whether to proceed with it at their weekly meeting at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday in the county administration building at 150 N. Queen St.