County Election Officials Address Rumors About Mail-in Ballot Date

Delaware County Election officials are aware of inaccurate reports that Pennsylvania counties must begin mailing ballots 50 days before Election Day (Sep. 16).

Sep. 16 is the deadline for counties to begin processing applications, not the deadline to mail them. The deadline for mailing the ballots is in mid-October.

Court cases over candidates are still pending before the PA Supreme Court. As a result, the Department of State cannot certified the ballot candidate list yet. Delaware County can begin printing and mailing only after the candidate list is certified and then only after tests of the database can be performed.

Delaware County anticipates mailing ballots by early October, hopefully sooner.

The drop box at the Government Center in Media will open when mailings begin. All other drop boxes will open Mon., Oct. 14.