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Running a primary: This is how democracy works

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Mary Ann Boyer pulled out the cardboard box for Swatara Township’s 8th Ward. The first thing to be done on election day, she told Terry Bachur, is have everyone take the oath of office. Bachur has spent election day for the past 15 years as a poll worker in the 8th Ward. In that time, he’s seen nearly