Pennsylvania’s 2023 primary election on May 16 marks four years since the state introduced no-excuse mail-in ballots. With those four years of experience under their belt, election officials said they have worked out most of the snags that caused counting backups in previous elections.
For example, Lancaster County didn’t finish counting ballots until 3 a.m. in the 2022 November general election.
“We’re getting better every time,” said Lancaster County Commissioner John Trescot. “Now we have a really experienced group of volunteers. We now have high-speed envelope openers. For this election, we’ve added six new high-speed scanners.”
Trescot said he expected nearly all ballots to be counted well before midnight.
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