Mail-in ballot counting will likely continue into Monday as elections officials continue to re-mark thousands of ballots made unscannable by the countyâs mail-in ballot vendor.
On Saturday, 12 teams of three workers were transferring votes from the faulty ballots to new ballots that can be scanned. As of 1 p.m. Saturday, roughly 2,700 of the 12,300 affected ballots had been transferred to new, scannable ballots.
Christa Miller, chief clerk of the Lancaster County Board of Elections, said the teams are prioritizing contested races to get the most high-priority races finished first.
The transfer to new ballots is necessary because the countyâs mail-in ballot vendor â Michigan Election Resources, which recently changed its name to Plerus â printed multisheet ballots in the wrong order. The printing error made the majority of mail-in ballots submitted by voters unreadable by county elections office scanning machines.
Fewer than 100 mail voters in two ZIP codes in the Marietta and Mount Joy areas received return envelopes intended for other people due to a vendor error, county officials announced Friday.
The Lancaster County Board of Elections became aware of the vendor error Thursday, after voters in ZIP codes 17552 and 17547 began receiving their ballots Thursday, said Christa Miller, the countyâs chief registrar. Voters who applied to vote by mail in these ZIP codes will likely continue to receive ballots that may have errors on Friday, Miller added.
While the mail-ballot packet will be addressed to the voter, the envelope used to return the ballot in the mail may have a different voterâs name on it, meaning a voter who uses it could be voting on behalf of someone else.
Fewer than 100 mail voters in two ZIP codes in the Marietta and Mount Joy areas received return envelopes intended for other people due to a vendor error, county officials announced Friday.
The Lancaster County Board of Elections became aware of the vendor error Thursday, after voters in ZIP codes 17552 and 17547 began receiving their ballots Thursday, said Christa Miller, the countyâs chief registrar. Voters who applied to vote by mail in these ZIP codes will likely continue to receive ballots that may have errors on Friday, Miller added.
While the mail-ballot packet will be addressed to the voter, the envelope used to return the ballot in the mail may have a different voterâs name on it, meaning a voter who uses it could be voting on behalf of someone else.
Approximately 2,700 people did receive instructions for Delaware county and not Lancaster County, said Christa Miller. Author: Paola Belloso (FOX43) Updated: 5:44 PM EDT May 7, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. On Tuesday, the Lancaster County Board of Elections and Registration Commission started receiving calls from voters about differing instructions. The instructions that got sent out in the yellow piece of paper said that postage is not necessary, said Lancaster County Board of Elections and Registration Commission Chief Clerk Christa Miller.
However their return envelope said that postage was required. So, what went wrong? Approximately 2,700 people did receive instructions for Delaware county and not Lancaster County, said Miller.