Lackawanna County sent wrong mail-in ballots to Scranton Republican voters

Lackawanna County mistakenly mailed 545 ballots from the 2024 primary election to Republican Scranton voters ahead of the May 20 primary election, county officials said Saturday.

County elections director Beth Hopkins blamed the mistake on a printing company error. Election Systems & Software printed the ballots, she said.

Hopkins said Republican voters who received a 2024 ballot should destroy the ballot and the envelopes that came with it. The county will mail new, 2025 ballots by Wednesday, she said in an interview.

Hopkins said she learned of the mistake Saturday morning when a Republican voter called her. She immediately drove to her county office and confirmed the error. She’s unsure why the error occurred.



https://www.wvia.org/news/local/2025-04-26/lackawanna-county-sends-wrong-mail-in-ballots-to-scranton-republican-voters