Pennsylvania’s Absentee Ballot Rules Mean Many Arrive Late

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Comparatively tight deadlines for absentee ballots mean Pennsylvania’s mail-in votes arrive too late to be counted far more often than the national average.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 4.2% of Pennsylvania’s absentee ballots got to voting offices after the deadline to be counted in the November 2018 election, compared with less than 1% nationally.
The newspaper cites data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission that ranks Pennsylvania second