Beaver County reports 45% return on requested mail‑in ballots; officials seek poll workers

At the Beaver County Board of Commissioners work session on Wednesday, County Solicitor reported that 12,259 mail‑in ballots were requested for the upcoming election and that 5,594 — about 45% — have been returned, which the solicitor said is the second‑highest return rate in the state.

The solicitor said, "12,259 mail in ballots requested. We've received 45% of those returned, which is the second highest percentage in the state. 5,594 have been returned." He added that, consistent with an unspecified Supreme Court case, "there have been 70 ballots that have been returned with an error. We have reached out to those voters." The solicitor did not provide further detail about the nature of the errors beyond what was stated at the meeting.

The solicitor also relayed that election staff are still recruiting poll workers. "If there are any poll workers, anyone interested in being a poll worker on Election Day, please reach out to his office," the solicitor said, referring to county election personnel. The solicitor said poll worker training was under way and that some precincts still needed additional volunteers.

Why it matters: Mail‑in ballot processing and adequate staffing affect how smoothly Election Day runs and how quickly results can be reported. County officials framed the 45% return rate as a comparatively high rate statewide and said staff are contacting voters whose ballots had errors to give them an opportunity to correct the issue.

Details and context: The solicitor tied the handling of some returned ballots to developments arising from a "Supreme Court case," but did not name the case. The meeting record does not include additional specifics such as deadlines for corrected ballots, the precise error types, or the offices directly handling remediations; those items were described only as "being followed up" by election staff.

Next steps noted at the meeting: county election staff will continue outreach to voters with returned ballots containing errors and will continue poll‑worker recruitment and training ahead of Election Day.