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Investigation Begins Into Chester County Election Day Errors: The Latest
More than 12,100 provisional ballots were cast after third-party and unaffiliated voters were omitted from poll books, prompting extended polling and a public ballot review.
- Just after polls opened Tuesday, Chester County election officials found poll books at all 230 precincts omitted third‑party and unaffiliated voters, resulting in more than 12,100 provisional ballots cast countywide.
- County officials say the mistake occurred when they failed to extract 75,076 registered third-party voters from the state voter registration management database, omitting nearly 20% of registered voters.
- Supplemental poll books reached precincts by mid-afternoon, and county park rangers delivered them to all 230 precincts by about 3:45 p.m.; provisional ballots and envelopes were available at every precinct, with Philadelphia supplying extra envelopes.
- The county will begin the public provisional‑ballot review on Friday at about 8:30 a.m., working roughly 12 hours per day until complete, and will select an independent investigator by Nov. 17.
- Chester County's reliance on paper pollbooks and SURE voter management system drew scrutiny as officials said the provisional total far exceeds recent elections, with Maria Amado saying, `I will be following up to see that it counted.
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