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| Born | March 29, 1939 |
| Hometown | Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States |
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Agency argues against delay in filling 3 Pa. House vacancies
- Pennsylvania’s statewide elections agency said in a court filing Friday that it is moving ahead with plans for special elections to fill three state House vacancies in early February unless a court orders otherwise.
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- U.S.Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.
Schuylkill County elections director: 'We do not cure ballots'
Nov. 8—Schuylkill County does not plan to allow voters to fix flaws on their mail-in ballots. "We do not cure ballots here in Schuylkill County," election bureau Director Albert L. Gricoski said Monday. Schuylkill County commissioners Chairman Barron L. "Boots" Hetherington, a Republican, said the election board, comprising of the three commissioners, voted 2-1 recently against allowing the ...
- PoliticsPeople
Some Midterm Races May Not Be Called on Tuesday — Here's Where We Anticipate Late Results
In some cases, vote-counting legally cannot begin until all the ballots have been received
- U.S.York Daily Record
PA Election 2022: Why it may take a few days to see the unofficial results
It could be days before Pennsylvanians learn election vote totals. Here's why.
- PoliticsAustin American-Statesman
PolitiFact: Trump falsely said Democrats are playing ‘games’ with 'unverified' ballots
Voters applying for a mail or absentee ballot are asked to provide proof of their identities.
- U.S.York Daily Record
Pa. voters: Made an error on your mail ballot? Here's what you need to do.
The state Supreme Court recently ruled that undated or incorrectly dated mail ballots cannot be counted. Here's what voters can do about an error.
- PoliticsState College Centre Daily Times
Former Pa. governors ask candidates Mastriano, Shapiro to accept results of Nov. 8 election
Former Govs. Tom Ridge, Mark Schweiker, Ed Rendell and Tom Corbett said the state’s election process will be “open and transparent.”
- U.S.The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa.
Mail-in voting: How the law in Fla., and not Pa., allows for election night returns
Nov. 4—HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's top election official consistently advises the public not to expect unofficial results in the immediate hours after polls close on Election Day and in doing so, Leigh Chapman often holds up another state that gets it done: Florida. In the 2020 general election, voters in Pennsylvania waited into the weekend to learn the unofficial results of the presidential ...
- U.S.The Herald, Sharon, Pa.
County elections director blames postal service for ballot delays
Nov. 3—MERCER — Problems with mail-in ballots appear to happen in a cluster, and are a postal delivery issue, said Thad Hall, Mercer County elections director. Some county residents have complained about not having received their mail-in ballot and are worried that their vote will not be counted. "In every election that we've had starting with 2020, going forward, we've had ballot delivery ...
- U.S.The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa.
Election official: Pa. voters should now hand deliver mail-in ballots
Nov. 2—HARRISBURG — With less than one week until in-person voting begins, Pennsylvania's top election official encourages all who planned to vote by mail to return their ballots by hand to ensure their votes are received and counted. Election Day is Nov. 8. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. When polls close, so does the window to turn in mail-in and absentee ballots. The U.S. Postal Service ...
- U.S.Erie Times News
Pa. Supreme Court, siding with Republicans, orders officials not to count undated ballots
Just a week before Election Day, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered officials to 'segregate' undated ballots rather than counting them.
