{"id":2361132,"date":"2024-10-29T15:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-mail-in-ballots-spark-voter-anger-in-crucial-pennsylvania-county\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:28:31","slug":"missing-mail-in-ballots-spark-voter-anger-in-crucial-pennsylvania-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missing-mail-in-ballots-spark-voter-anger-in-crucial-pennsylvania-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Mail-In Ballots Spark Voter Anger in Crucial Pennsylvania County"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmissing-mail-in-ballots-spark-voter-anger-in-crucial-pennsylvania-county%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Erie County, Pennsylvania, voter dissatisfaction is growing due to recent voting \u2062mishaps. Over 300 voters received both their own mail-in ballots and \u2062those of others, prompting political analysts to express \u2062concern about electoral integrity in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dueling-abortion-ballot-measures-at-center-of-battle-for-key-nebraska-district-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Dueling abortion ballot measures at center of battle for key Nebraska district - Washington Examiner\">critical swing area<\/a>. Despite the sizable line outside the county&#8217;s Board \u2063of Elections \u2064office, where residents sought answers and ballots, officials\u2062 downplayed the situation. Many voters reported delays in receiving their mail-in ballots, with some waiting up to \u2063four hours for assistance. \u2063Erie \u2062County is known for its historical\u200c trend of voting for winning candidates, making the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">upcoming\u200d election significantly important<\/a>. Although the county&#8217;s Clerk attempted to provide \u2064solutions,\u2064 including \u200dprovisional ballots for\u200d those without their mail-in ballots, frustration remained high among voters. \u2062The issue arose from a printer&#8217;s software glitch that led to \u200dballots \u200bbeing placed in the wrong envelopes. the mishaps contribute to heightened voter \u2063anxiety in \u2063this pivotal electoral region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Voter anger is rising in Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Erie County after the second mishap in this voting season led to some residents not getting ballots they requested.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, nearly 300 Erie County voters were sent their own mail-in ballot and another voter&rsquo;s ballot, as well, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goerie.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/10\/25\/mail-in-ballot-erie-county-pa\/75821650007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go Erie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That led Joe Morris, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yale-university-study-americans-overwhelmingly-reject-defund-the-police-support-reform\/\" title=\"Yale University Study: Americans Overwhelmingly Reject &#039;Defund the Police,&#039; Support Reform\">political science department chair<\/a> at Mercyhurst University, to say this was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pennsylvania-officials-investigating-thousands-fraudulent-voter-registration-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bad place<\/a> for a mistake to take place, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/pennsylvania-politics\/your-local-election-hq\/erie-co-board-of-elections-responds-after-mailing-out-hundreds-of-incorrect-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your Erie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To have a problem in Pennsylvania is bad. To have a problem in Pennsylvania&rsquo;s swing-iest swing county is absolutely horrible,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Board of Elections chairman Andre Horton, a Democratic member of Erie County Council, downplayed the gaffe by saying, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s really nothing to see here,&rdquo; Go Erie reported.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>But there was something to see Monday outside of the Erie County Board of Elections office as residents who had requested to be sent mail-in ballots lined up to get some answers and cast their ballots, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/pennsylvania-politics\/your-local-election-hq\/frustrated-voters-take-to-elections-office-after-anxiously-awaiting-arrival-of-mail-in-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your Erie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I ordered a mail-in ballot probably a month ago, and they sent me an  two weeks ago, saying that they mailed it, and if I hadn&rsquo;t gotten it yet, I should contact my local election office, and so I did that, and they said it&rsquo;s on the way, but I never got it,&rdquo; said Jessamine Saxton, an Erie County resident.<\/p>\n<p>The line seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/multiple-democrats-arrested-charged-unlawful-possession-absentee-ballots-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballots<\/a> and answers was so long some people waited for four hours, Your Erie reported.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County &ldquo;is a bellwether area in a bellwether state,&rdquo; said Thomas J. Baldino, an emeritus professor of political science at Wilkes University, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/elections\/articles\/why-it-matters-erie-county-pennsylvania-and-the-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. News and World Report<\/a>. &ldquo;The winning candidate will want to capture it for morale purposes and hope that it&rsquo;s called early on election night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The county has a trend of voting for winners, which makes it a major prize as the campaigns of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-johnson-sets-record-straight-little-secret-trump-says-already-big-impact-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-debuts-another-new-accent-speaking-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> try to squeeze every possible vote that they can in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are aware that each vote has an outsize importance, which is what led some to stand in line Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People in Erie, Pennsylvania have been waiting in line almost 5 hours to get their early ballots in. The Clerk tells us many never received their mail in ballots so have to come in person.<\/p>\n<p>Because it&rsquo;s in the Court House people can&rsquo;t have their phones on them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m3M836CBJV\">pic.twitter.com\/m3M836CBJV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Annelise Nielsen (@annelisenews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annelisenews\/status\/1850997881378894086?\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here in Erie, it&rsquo;s a swing county, and this county can come down to one vote. This county is very split,&rdquo; voter Logan Reynolds said, according to Your Erie<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, I might complain about standing here, but I&rsquo;m here, and I&rsquo;m staying until I get my vote right on that system and pass it right on through,&rdquo; voter Monique Bean said.<\/p>\n<p>County officials said there is a workaround for those who did not get the ballots they requested.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you haven&rsquo;t received your mail-in ballot, you can still go to the polls and vote provisionally. That vote is going to be reviewed, and we&rsquo;re going to make sure that you haven&rsquo;t already sent in a mail ballot, but we take those provisional ballots very seriously as we always do in Erie County. We&rsquo;re going to open those just as we do with every ballot. We&rsquo;re going to verify those and make sure your vote counts,&rdquo; Erie County Clerk Karen Chillcott said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re working collaboratively with the Department of State, the USPS, our mail vendor to try to get some answers, and unfortunately, I just can&rsquo;t apologize enough, even though this is not our fault that this has happened, we feel terrible that the voters are in this situation, and we want to do everything we can to make that right,&rdquo; Chillcott said.<\/p>\n<p>Chillcott had also said the county was not responsible for the mix-up in sending voters two ballots when they wanted one.<\/p>\n<p>The printer the county used had a software glitch that put ballots in incorrect envelopes, she said, according to Go Erie.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Recently, almost 300 voters received both their own mail-in ballot and another person&#8217;s ballot. Joe Morris, chair of the political science department at Mercyhurst University, remarked that mistakes like this are particularly concerning in such a crucial area. &#8220;Having an issue in Pennsylvania is bad; having one in its most pivotal county is even worse,&#8221; he stated. Meanwhile, Board of Elections chairman Andre Horton downplayed the situation by claiming there was &#8220;really nothing to see here.&#8221; However, many residents lined up outside the Erie County Board of Elections office seeking answers and to cast their votes after not receiving their mail-in ballots. One resident shared her experience of ordering a mail-in ballot weeks ago but never receiving it despite being told it was on its way. The wait for answers stretched up to four hours for some individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Erie County is known for accurately reflecting election outcomes, making it a key target for campaigns as they strive to secure every vote possible in Pennsylvania. Residents understand the significance of each vote&#8217;s impact on close races; hence many chose to stand in line despite long waits.<\/p>\n<p>County officials have provided alternatives for those who haven&#8217;t received their ballots: they can still vote provisionally at polling places while ensuring that no duplicate votes are counted. Clerk Karen Chillcott expressed regret over the situation and emphasized efforts to resolve issues with state authorities and postal services while clarifying that a software glitch from the printing vendor caused the mix-up with ballots being sent incorrectly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2361133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Erie-County-Voters.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39540,5836,43964,32570],"class_list":["post-2361132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mail-in-ballots","tag-pennsylvania","tag-voter-anger","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Erie-County-Voters.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}