Luzerne County lost its appeal attempting to stop the Citizens Advisory of Pennsylvania from accessing video surveillance footage of county buildings where ballots were processed and voting equipment was maintained around the time of the November 2022 general election.

The 2022 election drew intense scrutiny for paper shortages at polling places that forced the court to extend voting from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. to help compensate.

County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lesa S. Gelb had upheld the Citizens Advisory’s request for access to the video surveillance footage in September 2023, affirming a final determination by the Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records that the county had appealed.

The county retained Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP in Philadelphia to file the appeal in Commonwe

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