Contacted mid-morning Tuesday, Forrest Lehman, director of elections in the county, said that everything was pretty slow so far.

“However, there are still many hours left before the polls close at 8 p.m., so there’s still a lot of time for voters to come out and vote,” he said.

Almost all of the races on ballots throughout the region were uncontested. State Rep. Jamie Flick, R-South Williamsport and State Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, will be renominated by the Republican Party, as will U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, and U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas.

Rachel Wallace is the only candidate to pursue the Democratic nomination to challenge Meuser, and Ray Bilger is the only candidate to run for the Democratic nomination to face Thompson. No candidates sought the Democratic nominations to run against either Flick or Hamm.

Incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro was unopposed in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor while state Treasurer Stacy Garrity was unopposed in the race for the Republican nomination.

When asked if there had been any areas with more activity, particularly in Williamsport, where questions concerning forming a commission to study Home Rule were on the ballot, Lehman said that they “were not aware of any relatively busy or quiet areas.”

“We just have a general sense that it’s a relatively quiet election overall. It’s been slow in most places, there have been some periods where they’ve had some more people, but overall it’s been a relatively slow day,” he said.

“We’ve been in touch with precincts all over the county, some in the city, some outside, as they have questions about looking up voters to make sure they’re in the right place, or if they have a question about a policy or they’re missing paperwork,” he said.

“We hear from precincts all day long and try to address their needs, whatever those are, and that’s when we have those conversations, part of that usually is asking them how things are going out there and is it busy or not, and and the general response has been that it’s been relatively slow,” he added.

When asked about a comment on social media about why someone had to show ID in order to vote, Lehman said, “The current ID requirement of Pennsylvania is for people who are voting for the first time ever, or for the first time at a new precinct – if they move and they cross the line into a different place, even if it’s a different ward in the city, if they’re in a new polling place – they have to show an acceptable form of photo or non-photo ID the first time they vote.”

“You know, I can tell you that we train the poll workers on who’s supposed to show ID and who isn’t. We will investigate reports like that as they’re made and ascertain if they were supposed to ask for ID or not, and you know, respond accordingly,” he said.

“My understanding, however, is that there were also allegations made that poll workers were out to take that person’s vote, and I kind of take exception to that, because those poll workers wake up at 4:30 in the morning to be out there to help everybody vote…I think it’s jumping to conclusions for somebody to then allege that they’re trying to take their vote because they don’t wake up at 4:30 in the morning to take people’s votes,” he said.

“Our poll workers are out there all day to help everybody vote. They’re not there to take people’s votes away, they’re there to help everybody vote, to follow the laws and the core rulings,” he added.