The Pennsylvania Democratic Party sued Erie County, Pennsylvania, on Monday, alleging that up to 20,000 voters have not received mail-in ballots with less than a week to go until Election Day.
Erie, a bellwether county in the battleground state, has received around 52% of the 38,000 mail-in ballots that were requested, according to the lawsuit, which added that Erie County is 15 percentage points behind the statewide average for mail-in ballots received, The New York Times reported. More than 500 voters in Erie have contacted a hotline set up by Democrats “because they either received an incorrect mail-in ballot or have yet to receive any mail-in ballot whatsoever,” the suit alleges.
The Erie County Board of Elections issued a statement on Tuesday, saying it was “acutely aware that many voters in Erie County have not received their requested mail ballots.” In response, the…
