A US county is under enormous pressure after election woes. Is it ready for November?

Luzerne county, in the battleground state Pennsylvania, has faced high-profile mistakes like discarded ballots, and turnover. Did it pass its primary season test?

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Everyone seemed determined not to jinx it.

Jim Rose, the director of administrative services in Luzerne county in north-eastern Pennsylvania, had been listening to the radio all morning and had not heard a single peep" about problems at the polls during Pennsylvania's primary on Tuesday. When he ran into Emily Cook, the county's acting director of elections, she wasn't ready to celebrate. It was, after all, only mid-afternoon, and the polls would be open until 8pm.