PA Makes Change To Some Ballots In An Effort To Prevent Voting Errors

Pennsylvania redesigns envelopes for provisional ballots to cut down on rejections

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Provisional Ballot Envelope Redesigned - ButlerRadio.com - Butler, PA

Pennsylvania’s Department of State continues to make changes to ensure that no votes are discarded due to unintentional errors. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt recently announced that the design of provisional ballot envelopes has been modified to be more user-friendly. Using feedback from county elections officials in several areas of the state including Butler, the redesigned envelopes feature a layout that clearly instructs voters wh…

Pennsylvania Redesigns Envelopes for Provisional Ballots to Cut Down on Rejections - Bucks County Beacon

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Pennsylvania election officials on Monday announced a redesigned provisional-ballot envelope that they hope will lead to fewer ballots being rejected for technical errors. “Improvements to envelope design might seem like a small thing, but it has a huge impact on the ability for Pennsylvanians across the comm…

Pennsylvania announces redesign of provisional ballot envelopes

Luzerne County’s Election Board had voted last year to add yellow highlighting on provisional ballot envelope lines that must be signed, and the change was implemented starting with this year’s primary election.

Schmidt introduces new provisional ballot envelopes

State Secretary of State (Commonwealth) Al Schmidt announces new provisional ballot envelopes he wants the 67 counties to use this fall.

Provisional ballot redesign aims to reduce voting errors – Metro Philadelphia

Pennsylvania and Philadelphia election officials rolled out a redesigned provisional ballot Monday, in an attempt to cut down on technicalities that result in votes being scrapped. The remodeled ballot envelope consolidates the number of fields that must be filled out and highlights more clearly where voters and poll workers are required to sign. Individuals casting provisional ballots are supposed to write their name and address on the envelope…