We'll provide the mailing address for you. There were large swaths of voters who already weren't sure about the post office, so people need to understand they have other options," the operative told CNN. Get this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. The pending legal dispute has led to a delay in certification of the November ballot, and as a result, all Pennsylvania county election officials who this year could have started offering absentee or mail-in ballots, as well as in-person early absentee voting, starting September 14 are in a holding pattern. If postal slowdowns have you concerned about the status of your mail-in ballot, here's how to check that it's been received and counted. Track your ballot's progress from when your county receives your request, to when they receive your voted ballot. If it goes against the Democrats they would appeal but I get the feeling that the higher courts really don’t want to be seen as meddling and unless it went full en banc to start there are good odds it has judges appointed by President Trump meaning more time before a decision is made and possibly appealed again. The previous deadline for receiving absentee ballots was 8 p.m. on Election Day, but Democrats argued that enforcing that deadline would lead to widespread voter disenfranchisement given the pandemic and delays with the United States Postal Service. I don’t think it makes it to the SCOTUS due to lack of time. Marc Elias, a lawyer fighting on behalf of the Democratic Party in a number of suits around the country, said on Twitter that the ruling was “a very good result for those of us fighting for voting rights.”. She can’t send ballots to them until the state ballot is finalized. VotesPA can help you find your polling place, check your registration status, register online to vote, apply for an absentee ballot, and more. Officials are aware that any sort of massive delays or chaos could call into question the eventual results in the state, where Trump and former Vice President. Do not ask me why. That law will be gone as soon as a Communist judge gets their mitts on it. First Name (as it appeared on your application) Last Name (as it appeared on your application) Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy) County. "We are just estimating until we go ahead with our ballot processing.". absentee ballot directions Use our Absentee Ballot Tool to prepare your application. Please populate the fields below in order to track the status of your application or ballot. Due to a slew of lawsuits and other issues, the commonwealth, which has drawn intense interest from Democrats and Republicans after June’s disastrous primary, has not finalized its ballot less than eight weeks before Election Day. The delay in finalizing the ballot is a troubling sign for Pennsylvania, which already had a primary marked by a weeks-long delay in ballot counting. Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. "(President Trump) has succeeded in making people scared and distrustful of the post office. Trump took to Twitter to cheer the win for Republicans on ballot curing, and touted a separate case, also decided Thursday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, that rejected a request by four retired Pennsylvania voters to allow for third-party assistance in returning their mail-in ballots. “It really makes the access to voting better,” Gov. Thursday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court extended the state’s absentee ballot deadline and approved the use of ballot drop boxes. It was bullsh*t from beginningt to end. That was this one. Election officials in Montgomery, Chester, and Lancaster counties told CNN on Friday that they are processing the mail-in and absentee ballot applications now while they wait for the ballot to be finalized. Not a single thing happened. Maybe start the inevitable civil war against the ILLEGAL insurrection and get it over with fast so it stays small? I’m not a lawyer, just a voter, so perhaps I’m missing some legal nuance. These machines have to be tested with the approved ballot before ballots can be sent out as well, which will take time, Olivieri said. Unfortunately the Federal courts likely won’t save us from the Communists seizing power. Federal court hopefully rules differently. NOTICE ! In three decisions less than seven weeks before the Nov. 3 election, the Democratic-controlled high court extended the deadline for mail ballots to be returned, ruled that voters can use drop boxes to return them, and removed the Green Party’s presidential ticket from the ballot. This year, Pennsylvania is offering voters an option to vote absentee with an excuse or use a mail-in ballot without an excuse. Shouldn’t that be “enforcing the law“? What about the legislation setting the deadline collides with law? “HOW DEMOCRATS CHEAT IN ELECTIONS”: They can dedicate themselves to ballots and first class mail. “We are just estimating until we go ahead with our ballot processing.”. You can’t say the Post Office is reliable, and at the same time say they needs days if not weeks more because the Post Office is not reliable.