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Observers present calculations alleging mail‑in ballot count contradictions; county officials describe procedures and legal limits
Summary
Public commenters presented a mathematical contradiction they say shows mail‑in ballot physical counts and electronic totals cannot both be correct; county officials and the return board described statutory cure procedures, recount outcomes, and testing protocols but did not reconcile the calculations during the meeting.
At the Nov. 18 Delaware County Board of Elections meeting, two public commenters presented detailed criticisms of county mail‑in ballot accounting and testing procedures and asked the board to address them before certifying results.
Laura Lewis of Radnor Township told the board she and observers intentionally separated two groups of mail‑in ballots — those received before election day and those arriving on election day — and said the two observed physical sets cannot both be reconciled with the county’s electronic totals under any reasonable assumption. “The physical evidence and the digital records cannot both be correct,” Lewis said, and submitted a copy…
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