DOJ: Pennsylvania County’s Ballot Practices Illegal

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
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The Department of Justice has directed a Pennsylvania county to change its illegal ballot-handling practices before the election. An investigation into discarded ballots there has revealed “troubling” findings.

An investigation by the FBI and local officials of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, began after nine military mail-in ballots were found discarded in a dumpster last week.