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Politics
Maryam Khanum

Thousands of Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots Have Gone Missing, Possibly Sent to Wrong Address: Lawsuit

Only about half of voters in Erie County who requested mail-in ballots received them by the advertised date of Oct. 28. (Credit: Ellen M. Banner/Via The Seattle Times)

A third-party vendor contracted by the Erie County Board of Elections to assist with printing and disseminating mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania suffered a software failure that could affect 20,000 voters.

ElectionIQ, an Ohio-based company assisting Erie County with its election efforts this cycle, experienced a software malfunction that caused duplicates of ballots to be placed in incorrect envelopes, hence being sent to the wrong addresses.

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