Lackawanna County, as a result of what elections officials call a "printer's error," sent the wrong Mail-in-Ballot (MIB) to 545 Republican voters. Instead of receiving a ballot for this year's primary, they were sent a ballot for the 2024 primary. This error has been corrected.
Lackawanna sent out over 12,000 MIBs total.
Lackawanna is still a Democratic county, unlike other Northeast Pa counties. It voted for Harris. Understandably, Republicans are suspicious that the wrong ballot would be sent to their voters. A news release from the "PaGOP" asserts, "Elections should never be this sloppy. Taxpayers deserve a county government that functions and a process they can trust. These kinds of mistakes need to be taken seriously, and they need to stop happening."
"The people of Lackawanna County deserve competence, not chaos."
It's sad to see this error because, even though it has been corrected, it gives Republicans another reason to distrust MIBs. Only about a third of the MIBs are being used by Republican voters, and this hurts them in the long run.
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Problems with MIB have been found all across the nation. No one Pennsylvania County is immune.from these issues.
Forget the conspiracy theories, this is not a “mistake”, it is total incompetence. Why do they even have a supply of 2024 primary ballots? Even if there is some dumbass reason to have them, why would they be stored anywhere near the mailing operation for this year’s primary? And we wonder why there are conspiracy theories!
Had to be a Democrat behind this so-called mistake.
Bernie, can you explain further on what is meant by the county sent out 2024 ballots. Did they have leftover ballots or did they print last year's candidates on new ones this year.
Something's rotten in Denmark!
Why are almost all of these "mistakes" always tilted against Republicans?
It took Oregon five years to get this right. They surrendered five years of fair democracy along the way. As Oregon has a much higher collective IQ than Pennsyltucky, this may never be fixed. How convenient.
Things that make you go “hmmmm.” According to this report, old ballots only went out to Republicans.
why do all the errors always favor democrats?
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