Lancaster County voters are demanding answers from the U.S. Postal Service after their mail-in ballots did not arrive at the county elections office by the Election Day deadline.
The mail-in ballots, all postmarked Oct 30th in Harrisburg, arrived at the county elections office two weeks later.
Since the ballots were not received by 8 p.m. on November 7th, they were tossed out.
“Lancaster County officials said they had not yet totaled the number of affected ballots as of Friday, but they confirmed this week that roughly 100 to 150 mail-in ballots with an Oct. 30 Harrisburg postmark did not reach the county elections office until Nov. 13, six days after the deadline,” LancasterOnline reports.
Lancaster County officials are still looking for answers from the USPS about 100 or more mail-in ballots that failed to arrive at the elections office before the Nov. 7 election night deadline, despite being mailed two weeks prior. #Pennsylvania https://t.co/LVD60MANXb
— Jennifer Asper (@j3669) December 8, 2023
LancasterOnline reports:
A regional USPS spokesperson did not answer questions regarding the delayed ballots, including why they remained undelivered for two…
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