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Delaware County board approves staff recommendations on 245 provisional ballots; 173 to be counted in full
Summary
At a May 27, 2025 provisional ballot hearing, the Delaware County Board of Elections approved staff recommendations on 245 provisional ballots: 173 full counts, 20 partial counts, and 52 rejections, with four ballots contingent on voters producing ID by the close of business the same day. The board voted unanimously to accept the recommendations.
The Delaware County Board of Elections on May 27, 2025, approved staff recommendations after reviewing 245 provisional ballots from the May election, directing election staff to process 173 as full counts, 20 as partial counts and reject 52; four rejected ballots remained eligible for counting if the voters provided acceptable identification by the close of business that day.
The decision came during a provisional ballot hearing, which the board chair said is treated as a quasi-legal proceeding and does not include public comment. Director Allen asked the board to accept the voter registration division’s review and recommendations and to authorize the Bureau of Elections to process the ballots per those recommendations. A board member moved to adopt the motion as presented and the motion carried unanimously after an oral vote.
Crystal, voter registration staff, presented the provisional-ballot review and gave the counts: “We had a total of 245…
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