Rep. Burns: Cambria County ballots misprinted for upcoming primary, blames ‘incompetence’

Rep. Burns: Cambria County ballots misprinted for upcoming primary, blames ‘incompetence’

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- State Representative Frank Burns announced that Cambria County had misprinted its ballots for the upcoming primary election, something he called "incompetence." Burns reported that he received a call from the Pennsylvania Department of State Secretary Al Schmidt, who told the Representative that the ballots had been misprinted despite assurances from county officials that corrective measures were put into place afte…

PA County Sent Voters Wrong Mail Ballots For May Primary

It is an example of the troubles that plague mail-in voting, and the control county election offices lose when they outsource their work.

Luzerne County provides update on mail ballot dating issue

Unless a court ruling says otherwise, Luzerne County will be counting May 20 primary election mail ballots missing handwritten dates on the outer envelope, officials said during Wednesday’s county election board meeting. A federal court ruling by District Judge Susan Baxter, an appointee of President Donald Trump in his first term, determined the rejection of undated or wrongly dated ballots violated the First and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Con…