Volunteers on Election Day begin opening mail-in and absentee ballots for scanning and counting.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Starting at 7 a.m. on Election Day, pre-canvassing operations were underway at the Lancaster County Government Center in Lancaster.
Currently, in Pennsylvania, election workers can’t begin processing ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day.In Pennsylvania, however, pre-canvassing has become a partisan issue. Democrats have supported pre-canvassing, arguing that finishing the count sooner would help prevent voter mistrust in recent elections. Republicans have held up several bills that would allow early pre-canvassing, arguing that processing the ballots earlier could make the counting process less secure.
In May 2021, more than 12,000 ballots were printed out of order, preventing scanners from reading them.
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