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SHENANIGANS: Philly Makes Last-Minute Change To Ballot Counting

  • Philadelphia officials voted Tuesday morning to impose a last-minute rule change that will draw out the vote-count process.
  • The city’s three-member elections board voted 2-1 in favor of imposing poll book reconciliation, a lengthy process intended to prevent double votes, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Tuesday. The reconciliation process would flag any mail-in ballots from voters who also cast ballots in person.
  • City commissioners made the eleventh-hour decision at a 7 a.m. meeting on Tuesday. The board is comprised of two Democrats and one Republican. The Republican voted in favor of the change, along with one of the Democrats, while the second Democrat objected.
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