Smart Talk Wednesday; Pa.’s plan for mail-in voting

• Scott LaMar
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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.
  
  LaMar often emcees or moderates local events and has gone as far as California to emcee a national event.
  
  The American Society of Civil Engineers honored LaMar with their national Excellence in Journalism award in 2020. He has been nominated for five Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.
  
  LaMar and The Spark have been recognized throughout the Central Pennsylvania community including ADVOZ Lancaster’s “Dignity in Dialogue Award”, the South-Central Assembly’s “Regional Citizen Award” and was named a “Humanitarian Hero” by The Humane Society of the United States/Pennsylvania.
  
  A native of Coatesville, Pa., LaMar has also worked as a broadcast news anchor, sports play-by-play announcer and manager.
• Merideth Bucher
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  Producer of WITF's Smart Talk

An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary in Washington on March 10.

More Americans may be voting by mail in this fall’s 2020 presidential election rather in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Donald Trump has suggested that voting by mail has potential for fraud. That’s even though reports of fraud associated with mail-in voting are almost non-existent.

In the meantime, the U.S. Postal Service said last week there is no guarantee ballots could be returned in time for the November 3rd election after overtime for postal workers were eliminated and sorting machines removed. Those changes were rescinded on Tuesday until after the election.

Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Bookvar is on Smart Talk to discuss mail-in voting and what’s being done to ensure those ballots are counted.