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Report: People trying to “disrupt the election” in Centre County

<h2 id="spl-heading-1">Countering gender voting trends in Bryn Mawr</h2>

<em>7:16 p.m.</em>

Father and son Dom and Dominic Magat, 42 and 19, were two of the very few voters visiting Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church around 7 p.m.

The elder Magat voted this morning for Kamala Harris despite his own Republican leanings and brought his son to the polling location to cast his first-ever ballot for the same candidate.
The elder Magat voted this morning for Kamala Harris despite his own Republican leanings and brought his son to the polling location to cast his first-ever vote for the same candidate. Dominic cast a provisional ballot.

“I just think it’s important to vote because it’s our civic duty,” the younger Dominic said.

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“I wish he’d keep his mouth shut, but I like his policies,” Wagner, 49, said of Trump. “I don’t think he’s been as brash this time around as he was the last time.”

{{<picture src="2024/11/01kj-nebp-6gtx-z63d.jpeg" description="Steve Wagner, 49, showed his support for former President Trump on his t-shirt as he voted in the City of York." caption="Steve Wagner, 49, showed his support for former President Trump on his t-shirt as he voted in the City of York." credit="Ed Mahon / Spotlight PA">}}

“I think Twitter was his downfall the last time, to be honest with you,” he added. “I think he spent too much time on it, running his mouth too much.”

Wagner, who works in the auto industry, described inflation as a major concern. “Prices need to go down,” he said. “People are having a hard time making it through.”

Another voter, 25-year-old Emily Gonzalez, also talked about the challenges that inflation has brought. She hopes to one day work as her own boss.

{{<picture src="2024/11/01kj-ne5c-jnyn-6mqr.jpeg" description="Emily Gonzalez, 25. voted in the City of York. She hoped the election would result in the first female president." caption="Emily Gonzalez, 25. voted in the City of York. She hoped the election would result in the first female president." credit="Ed Mahon / Spotlight PA">}}

“It’s kind of harder to maintain just a regular lifestyle,” she said. “I just want to change that. …. Hopefully, with this, it changes.”

She didn’t want to directly say who she voted for. But then she added a big clue.
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