Looking at Fulton County voting machine issues

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  Scott LaMar has worked in both radio and television for more than four decades.
  
  Currently, LaMar is the Host and Executive Producer of The Spark program on WITF-FM, 89.5 & 93.3 in Harrisburg, Pa.
  
  Previously, LaMar was WITF TV’s Sr. Public Affairs producer and produced the station’s award-winning weekly public affairs TV program, Smart Talk.
  
  In addition to his on-air duties, LaMar has moderated political candidate debates, including those for candidates running for Pennsylvania governor and the U.S. Senate and was a regular contributor to BBC World News TV before and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
  
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  A native of Coatesville, Pa., LaMar has also worked as a broadcast news anchor, sports play-by-play announcer and manager.

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Officials walk past unidentified equipment purportedly to be used in an inspection of Fulton County's voting machines on Jan. 14, 2022. The inspection did not proceed as planned after the Pa. Supreme Court ordered a halt.

Airdate: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court last week blocked an inspection of voting machine equipment in heavily-Republican Fulton County – a county where former President Donald Trump won easily.

The machines Republicans want to look at have been decertified because another company without election experience examined those machines last year. The company found nothing consequential.

WITF’s Capitol Bureau Chief Sam Dunklau was in the courtroom last week when this decision was handed down and is with us on Wednesday’s Smart Talk.

The Associated Press and WITF’s democracy reporter Jordan Wilkie are partnering to tell stories about how Pennsylvania elections work, and to debunk misinformation surrounding elections. 

Read the stories here