Newly Redesigned Mail-In Ballot Cuts Down On Mistakes - ButlerRadio.com - Butler, PA

Pennsylvania’s redesigned provisional ballot envelopes credited with lower rejection rates in 2025

Counties that used a redesigned envelope for their provisional ballots in 2025 saw rejection rates drop by 11.3% when compared to last year, according to Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt.

Newly Redesigned Mail-In Ballot Cuts Down On Mistakes - ButlerRadio.com - Butler, PA

Counties that used the new redesigned ballot envelopes for the last election saw a decrease in rejected ballots. Officials say the new envelopes clearly show which fields voters must fill out and where they must sign in order to reduce errors and lower rejection rates. The redesigned envelopes led to an 11 percent decrease in rejected ballots. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said this was to ensure every registered voter in Pennsylvania…

Redesigned Ballots Cut Rejections, Putting Thousands More Votes Back in Play

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania election officials said a redesigned provisional ballot envelope helped significantly reduce ballot rejections in the November 2025 election, a change they say allowed more voters to have their ballots counted. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced that counties using the updated envelope design saw an 11.3 percent decrease in provisional ballots rejected for envelope errors compared with the November 2…