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In this May 28, 2020, file photo a voter casts her mail-in ballot at in a drop box in West Chester, Pa., prior to the primary election. Just over four months before Election Day.

9 discarded military ballots weren’t fraud, Pennsylvania election chief says

Workers in the elections office in Luzerne County are getting training on handling mailed-in military and overseas ballots, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said,

3 years ago

In this Oct. 19, 2018, file photo, U.S. Attorney David Freed speaks at a news conference at the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa.

Probe into ‘discarded’ mail-in military ballots becomes campaign outrage fuel

The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been “discarded” by the local election office in a swing county of one of the most important presidential battleground states.

By Christina A. Cassidy, The Associated Press

3 years ago