Allegheny County warns over 1,000 mail-in ballots at risk of not being counted
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- More than 1,000 ballots in Allegheny County are at risk of not counting because they are not properly dated, Allegheny County officials said.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says mail-in ballots with dates of Sept. 19 through Nov. 8 are properly dated. Absentee ballots with dates of Aug. 30 through Nov. 8 are properly dated.
The rest won't be counted unless they are changed.
Because there is not enough time to notify impacted voters by letter, the Allegheny County Elections Division has compiled two lists of voters. One list is voters whose declaration envelopes were returned with no date. The other list is voters whose declaration envelopes were returned with an incorrect date.
The lists can be found on the county's main elections website, here at this link. They include the voter's name, municipality, precinct and zip code.
Allegheny County Elections Division Manager David Voye said they compiled the lists of these voters over the weekend.
"We went through 140,000 ballots and manually inspected them and segregated any of the ones that were incorrectly dated. We already had the ones that were undated, segregated," said Voye. "With today's mail and tomorrow's mail, we're probably going to be adding to that list, unfortunately."
If you are on one of the lists, you can go to the Elections Office on Forbes Avenue downtown to cure your ballot or vote provisionally at your regular polling location. The Elections Office hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m.-8 p.m. on Election Day Tuesday.
Those who can't travel due to a disability can authorize a designated agent to cure your ballot by signing a form.
"I would hope they would come in and cure their ballot, and if they do not, they can still go to their polling locations and vote a provisional ballot," Voye said.
Whatever you decide to do, don't forget to bring ID with you.
Kimberly DiSanto is a voter who found her name on the lists. She went to the Elections Office Monday to cure her ballot.
"It wasn't too bad," said DiSanto. "They were very organized in there. They told you where to go. Everybody is ready to go. It was an easy process."
For more on the extended ballot drop-off hours, click here.
And, visit this link for the KDKA Voters Resource Guide.
