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Delaware County Adds Prediction-Market Ban to Election Oath

8/18/2026

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Elections director Jim Allen of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, added a ban on prediction-market bets to the oath.
About 2,500 staff and temporary ballot processors signed the revised oath before the November 2026 midterms.
Allen warned that prediction markets could create financial incentives to manipulate results and exploit losers’ anger.
Los Angeles County clerk Dean Logan said prediction markets fed volatility after the June election, which officials fear may spur undue confidence.

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Elections director Jim Allen of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, added a ban on prediction-market bets to the oath.
About 2,500 staff and temporary ballot processors signed the revised oath before the November 2026 midterms.
Allen warned that prediction markets could create financial incentives to manipulate results and exploit losers’ anger.
Los Angeles County clerk Dean Logan said prediction markets fed volatility after the June election, which officials fear may spur undue confidence.