CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Nearly two weeks after the recent primary election, close to 100 mail-in ballots in Centre County are being challenged as to whether they are valid ballots that should be counted.
Election officials say 98 mail-in ballots were initially counted as valid by Centre County's election board, but they remain under review.
The issue is how the returned ballots were dated, or not dated.
On election day, the county's primary count center noted possible problems with how the ballots’ outer envelopes were dated.
Centre County election director Beth Lachman shared the report, which shows that 57 ballots are missing the full date, and 23 other ballots had the wrong date.
An attorney for those challenging the validity of the ballots says state and federal court rulings are specific in requirements on how voters date their ballots, and the 98 ballots should be tossed out.
Centre County's election board is scheduled to meet Tuesday to further review the dispute.
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