Some voters who had errors on their mail-in or absentee ballots may not have their vote counted.
KYW Newsradio reporter Jim Melwert broke the news Tuesday that notices were sent to about 1,600 voters. The notices alerted them that there was a problem with their mail-in or absentee ballots. The notices said voters had until November 9 to remedy the issue or the ballot would not count.
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Larry King, the county spokesperson, said “the state’s interpretation of the deadline is different than our interpretation.”
Under the state’s guidance, all fixes had to be made by 8 p.m. on election night.
It was not certain how many voters came to county election offices to fix the problem or voted in-person provisionally by 8 p.m. on election night, according to King. He added a “good amount” had been visiting election offices to fix errors leading up election day.
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County officials began reaching out to voters about faulty ballots several weeks ago. As mail ballots arrived, if they noticed a problem, such as a missing signature on the outer envelope, they would try to track those voters down to give them the opportunity to come in and rectify the problem.
“We wanted to make sure we did anything we could to make sure people could correct their ballot,” said King.
Reporters Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Jamie Martines of Spotlight PA contributed to this story.
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