Democrats sue Pennsylvania county over ballot delivery issues

In a new lawsuit, Democrats allege that election officials in Pennsylvania’s Erie County — a closely watched county in the key state — are not adequately handling a vendor issue that has hampered the delivery of mail-in ballots. Around 20 thousand voters could be affected.

Democrats are asking the Court of Common Pleas to order election officials to take steps to ensure affected individuals can vote.

“Based on information, it appears that 10,000 to 20,000 voters who requested mail-in ballots did not receive or mail those ballots,” the lawsuit says. “Additionally, based on information, more than 300 voters received two vote-by-mail ballots, one of which may be unrelated to the local elections for which that voter is eligible to vote.”

The lawsuit claims that despite claims from local officials that they sent letters to voters who received incorrect ballots, the election commission refused to share that correspondence with Democrats, who say they saw no other evidence proving that such notices were sent. .

Additionally, postal delays have led to at least 1,800 voters who vote by mail not receiving their ballots, Democrats said, citing U.S. Postal Service records that show the ballots were never received from the vendor. However, Democrats believe the total number of affected voters is much higher, as more than 19,000 voters who requested to vote by mail did not return their ballots.

The county clerk directed voters to email election officials to cancel their vote-by-mail ballots in order to receive a new ballot, but the guidance gave voters only one day to do so, according to the lawsuit. . Democrats note that at this point there is no guarantee that a replacement ballot would be delivered on time in accordance with U.S. Postal Service guidance.

County officials did not respond to the city’s request. CNN about the legal action.

This content was originally published in Democrats sue Pennsylvania county over problems delivering ballots on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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