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With the Pennsylvania primary in the rearview mirror, county and state elections officials are now pondering improvements as a much more volatile general election looms just a little more than four months away.
Across the state there were similar pleas for more time when November comes — more time for voters to apply for and receive mail-in ballots and more time for counties to begin pre-canvassing ballots, the time-consuming process of simply opening envelopes and organizing them.
“Give us a little space to do the job that we’ve been given,” said Erie County Clerk Douglas Smith. “This is the process that we have so we’re trying to work it the best we can.”