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Boulders are being placed around Luzerne County’s Penn Place Building in downtown Wilkes-Barre to “fortify security” for the upcoming Nov. 5 general election and future elections, county Manager Romilda Crocamo announced Tuesday morning.
The county’s election bureau is housed on the second floor of the building at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Market Street.
The boulders are intended to block unauthorized vehicles from entering the street-level parking lot and ground-level lobby area.
Crocamo said the boulders were among the measures recommended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following an inspection she requested to identify potential risks and concerns.
“This is a measure taken to safeguard staff, the public and the ballots,” Crocamo said.
Other measures are in the works that may or may not be publicly visible and disclosed, she said.
Crocamo said the expenditure likely will be funded with a portion of the county’s state Election Integrity Grant.
Dallas Post
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