A ballot error in Luzerne County’s home rule charter referendum on the Nov. 4 general election ballot was revealed and discussed during Wednesday’s county Election Board meeting.

The following question had been approved: “Shall the Home Rule Charter of the County of Luzerne be repealed and the form of government recommended in the report of the Government Study Commission, dated July 28, 2025, be adopted as authorized by the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law?”

The question appearing on mail ballots and ballots programmed into electronic marking devices for Election Day is the same until the end, saying “as authorized by the Home Rule Charter form of government” instead of the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law.

Two representatives of the nonprofit In This Together NEPA — Bo

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