EXPLAINER: How mailed ballots slow results in Pennsylvania
Associated PressHARRISBURG, Pa. — Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between Republicans David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz. He has relentlessly criticized the state’s voting procedures since his loss in Pennsylvania two years ago, when it took several days to tally the results from all mailed ballots. The head of the state association of county commissioners, the local officials who oversee the nuts-and-bolts of Pennsylvania voting, described Tuesday’s primary as “a very smooth election day” but acknowledged that the state’s 2019 law expanding the use of mailed ballots could be improved. One major problem is that it does not allow counties to begin processing mailed ballots before Election Day. Some states allow mailed ballots to be accepted if they arrive a few days after the election, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.