Solicitor says mailed ballots are arriving; commissioners to move into executive session on contracts and litigation

The Beaver County solicitor told the Board of Commissioners at the Oct. 1 work session that mail ballots have been sent and are beginning to arrive in voters’ mailboxes.

“Mailing ballots are out. Those were sent out and sort of arriving in the mail, on Saturday,” the solicitor said. A county staff member asked for clarification about whether an application for a ballot covers both the primary and the general election; the solicitor explained that when a voter applies, they can indicate they want ballots for both elections and that otherwise they will not receive them automatically.

The solicitor also told the board that two items — contract negotiations and a litigation matter — would be discussed in executive session. “The other 2 items I have are contract negotiations and a litigation matter for executive session,” the solicitor said.

Commissioners then moved into executive session; no public actions, votes or decisions on the contract or litigation were recorded on the public transcript. The mail-ballot comments and the executive-session announcement were part of the solicitor’s report at the work session.

The transcript includes a brief Q&A about the ballot application process; a staff member asked whether applicants automatically receive ballots for both elections, and the solicitor answered that applicants who select both elections receive ballots and that voters can opt out by indicating they do not want mail ballots.

No additional statutory citations or election-code references were provided during the Oct. 1 work session.