With no deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-led legislature, the processing of mail ballots can’t begin until 7 a.m. on Election Day, opening room for candidates to falsely declare victory.
A computer glitch has caused more than 1,000 Pennsylvania voters who requested a mail ballot to be sent two of them by mistake.
The Wolf Administration authorized postage-paid ballot return envelopes in August, planning to use money from federal emergency coronavirus aid to foot the bill.
Still, Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar is urging state lawmakers to take additional action to prevent the possibility of delayed results.
By Jamie Martines/Spotlight PA As of Oct. 14, more than a half-million Pennsylvanians have returned their ballots, according to state data shared by the U.S. Elections Project. Seventy-six percent of those mail-in ballots came from registered Democrats, while just 16 percent came from Republicans.
Closed-door talks on legislation seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result in Pennsylvania appear stuck between the Democratic governor and the Legislature’s House Republican majority.
Oct. 27 is the last day to turn in mail-in ballot applications
Voters that already received mail-in ballots do still have the option to instead vote using a machine on Election Day.
