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(19,264 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:27 AM Oct 2020

Anyone from PA know what is going on with mail in voting in Bucks County, PA?

First I would say I love this electproject. Great insights.

https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/PA.html

If you go here and rank the counties by the ballots requested there are 7 counties with more than 100,000 ballots requested in PA. Of those seven four have over 50% return rates and two others are in the mid 30s. All that is amazing. Way to get out the early vote PA. The exception is Bucks county with a less than 20% return rate.

Anyone know why?

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Anyone from PA know what is going on with mail in voting in Bucks County, PA? (Original Post) Statistical Oct 2020 OP
I have friends in Bucks County. Zoonart Oct 2020 #1
That sucks. LisaL Oct 2020 #4
Live in Bucks The Jungle 1 Oct 2020 #2
Who does the county have printing their ballots? LisaL Oct 2020 #3
Dropped it today The Jungle 1 Oct 2020 #6
Yep... lived in Bucks for 24 years before moving to NYS. Zoonart Oct 2020 #5

Zoonart

(11,866 posts)
1. I have friends in Bucks County.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:40 AM
Oct 2020

Both received their mail in ballots after a 4 week wait. They both mailed them in two weeks ago. On has received a receipt of ballot message his husband has not. The mail has been slowed to a crawl in BC. They have been waiting for five weeks to receive the tags for their new car through the mail. Ratfuckery no doubt.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
4. That sucks.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:49 AM
Oct 2020

Our mail in OH is still working fine. I got my ballot in one day and mailed it back, and five days later it was accepted (and it likely arrived back in a couple days at most). Our ballot return rate at this point is much higher than in Bucks county.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
2. Live in Bucks
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:44 AM
Oct 2020

We just got our ballots last Thursday. Would love to know the reason for the delay.
We have a three member board of county commissioners and the majority is now Democratic. The county was republican run for decades. There are still republicans in the government.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
3. Who does the county have printing their ballots?
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 09:48 AM
Oct 2020

There are some printers that accepted way more orders that they could fulfill in a timely manner. Did you mail your ballot back?
At this point people should be taking their ballots to a drop box rather than mailing it.

Zoonart

(11,866 posts)
5. Yep... lived in Bucks for 24 years before moving to NYS.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 10:04 AM
Oct 2020

Was politically active there during the years Jim Greenwood was the Congressman.

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