DOJ Directs Pennsylvania County to Change Practices After Discarded Ballots Found

Processing work on mail in ballots for the Pennsylvania Primary election is being done at the Butler County Bureau of Elections, in Butler, Pa., on May 28, 2020. Keith Srakocic/AP Photo

The Department of Justice directed the Pennsylvania county where discarded ballots were found to change its practices before the upcoming election.

U.S. Attorney David Freed said in a letter to Shelby Watchilla, director of elections for Luzerne County, that the nine discarded ballots all originated with members of the military.