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Centre County board accepts 29 mail‑in ballots with county receipt stamps, rejects 4 undated envelopes
Summary
The Centre County Board of Elections voted to count 29 mail‑in ballots that lacked voter‑dated envelopes but bore a Centre County Elections Office return stamp, and to segregate and invalidate four envelopes without the county stamp pending further legal guidance.
The Centre County Board of Elections on Wednesday accepted 29 mail‑in ballots that lacked a voter date on the outer envelope but showed a Centre County Elections Office return stamp, and voted to invalidate and segregate four ballots that did not bear an internal county receipt stamp.
The action came during the board’s review of “date issue” ballots from the May 20 municipal primary. Melanie, elections staff, said, “We didn't have any more, or overseas or military ballots that came in.” Board members discussed 33 envelopes that either had no date, a partial date, or a date outside the acceptable range; staff told the board 15 had no or partial dates and 14 had dates outside the accepted window.
The board moved, seconded and…
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