Westmoreland commissioners decline to consider ballot curing for November election

The Westmoreland County commissioners Thursday again rejected calls to allow mail-in voters an opportunity to fix errors that could lead to the disqualification of their ballots in November.

During the public comment period of the commissioners’ meeting at the courthouse, a handful of voters — most of them registered Democrats — requested a formal ballot curing process be enacted for the general election.

Ballot curing is a process where county elections officials notify voters who submit mail-in ballots of errors, allowing them an opportunity to correct disqualifying flaws.

According to a study released last fall by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Westmoreland is the only county in Southwestern Pennsylvania that does not allow ballot curing.



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