Carter Walker of Votebeat

In Allegheny County alone, 3,500 of the roughly 4,000 elected poll worker positions on the November ballot will lack a candidate.

Between 2016 and 2024, the percentage of provisional ballots rejected due to technical errors increased from .95% to 4.92%.

In a letter to the homeland security secretary, Al Schmidt cites critical help local election officials get from the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA.

The state’s voter registration system will be revamped and integrated with other election systems under a new $10.6 million contract.

Counties rejected just 0.57% of mail ballots due to voter errors, such as a missing signature, during the 2024 election. That number was even lower in “curing” counties.