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Volume 19, Number 45
Thursday, December 17, 2020
The election’s over, but not the fighting By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
On the morning of the Nov. 3 election, the United States Postal Service disclosed that more than 300,000 mail-in ballots nationwide had not been scanned. Many on social media were rightfully alarmed by this news, believing it meant the ballots had gone missing. But did they? “The assumption that there are unaccounted ballots within the Postal Service network is inaccurate,” the USPS said in a press release. “These ballots were deliv-
ered in advance of the election deadlines. We employed extraordinary measures to deliver ballots directly to local boards of elections. When this occurs, by design, these ballots bypass certain processing operations and do not receive a final scan. Instead, they are expedited directly to the boards of elections.” Rumors regarding mail-in ballots have swirled since that voting option propelled Joe Biden to victory over Donald Trump. See Election, A15
Joshua Brunelle shows off the Christmas display at his home at 15 Hillscrest Road in Plainville. Visit facebook.com/JoshuasChristmasDisplay. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Festive display benefits pantry Plainville resident Joshua Brunelle and his mother used to decorate together, so when she passed away in 2011, Brunelle wanted to continue the tradition in her memory. Over the years, the display grew.
While the 2020 election is over, for many in our deeply polarized country, bitter feelings remain. Pictured: Durham resident Tracy Ogrodnik said two of her Donald Trump signs were vandalized in the lead-up to the Nov. 3 election.
“I started with my little shed in the backyard and then I figured after a couple of years, to let people see it more, I’ll move it to the front,” said Brunelle, who lives at 15 Hillcrest Road. “After that, years and years of just getting stuff, acquiring stuff, it has grown to be a huge show now.”
Brunelle said this year his Christmas display is multi-media. “So it’s all run off a computer and you tune into the radio station, 92.9, and you actually could watch it, listen to the radio from a car and the music goes to the lights,” he said. Brunelle is also collecting non-perishable items for the Plainville food pantry in a box at the end of his driveway. He also has a mailbox for letters to Santa Claus. — Record-Journal report
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