PA: Montco's mail ballot processing issues last month preview consequences for November
Montgomery County officials are working to remedy internal issues that contributed to 183 voters receiving the mail ballots just three days before the primary election last month — endangering their ability to return them on time.
But the county officials says another factor was out of their control — a state law that resulted in just 30 days for county election offices to prepare, print, and distribute ballots before the election.
That law could cause delays in November when Pennsylvania election offices confront more voters and higher stakes in an election that could decide control of both the White House and Senate.
State law says counties may begin processing mail ballot requests 50 days before an election. But the candidate list for the primary was not final until 30 days before the April primary election, which created a tight time frame for election administrators to process and distribute ballots.
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