Python 3- syslog.syslog works but logging.handlers.sysloghandler logs nothing

Question

I have a number of scripts that use logging.error(msg) style logging messages.

I originally had these handled by a FileHandler but now I need to change it over to a SysLogHandler. I can't get the SysLogHandler to work, by which I mean there are no exceptions but nothing ends up in the logs.

On the other hand, I can get messages logged through syslog.syslog with this code:

import syslog
syslog.openlog(ident="LOG_IDENTIFIER", logoption=syslog.LOG_PID, facility=syslog.LOG_LOCAL3)
syslog.syslog('syslog test msg local3')

and this is what I'm using for the sysloghandler:

import logging
import logging.handlers
logger = logging.getLogger('myLogger')
handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log',facility=19)
logger.addHandler(handler)
logging.error('sysloghandler test msg local3')

facility=19 because that's the value for SysLogHandler.LOG_LOCAL.

I'm thinking the issue is the address setting. The log files are located in /var/log but that doesn't seem to work. I've tried not specifying an address (so it defaults to localhost port 514) still nothing gets logged.

I need to know either how I can determine the correct address info or how to troubleshoot the issue if that isn't the problem.