A rush of mail-in ballots left some counties in the state counting ballots the week after the election.
In Northeastern Pennsylvania's Luzerne County, a longtime Democratic stronghold overtaken by Donald Trump in 2016, officials were still counting mail-in ballots two days after the state's June 2 primary election.
Luzerne's experience was replicated across the state. This was the first time all Pennsylvanians were allowed to vote by mail, and a surge of mail-in ballots driven by the coronavirus pandemic left some counties counting ballots days after the election. It's a challenge that local election officials say could continue into the November general election and delay the results of the presidential race if the state doesn't let them start processing ballots earlier.
The mail-in rush created a logistical nightmare for counties that were still receiving applications on the last day they could, leaving only a week for the ballots to be mailed to residents, sent back and received by the counties.
In a statement, Pennsylvania Department of State spokesperson Wanda Murren said the Wolf administration supports allowing counties to begin earlier. The delays are complicated by the fact that votes counted after primary day in recent Pennsylvania elections have skewed Democratic in what Ohio State University Law School Professor Edward Foley has dubbed the"blue shift." In the June 2 Pennsylvania primary, more than twice as many Democrats as Republicans applied to vote by mail.
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