This is bad news...they now have 3 extra days to find the votes they need to win..
@mystery-ak No, read it again. A mail ballot envelope must be
postmarked by the time polls close on election day. So, no more mail ballots can be
mailed after election day. Those ballots put in the mail on election day, will be counted (if the paperwork is right).
How is that different? Most states will not accept any mail ballots after the postman delivers the daily mail on election day. This change by Penn., means people can
MAIL their ballot on election day. See, no one can vote by mail after election day. The 3 days is to give those mail ballots already in the mail, enough time to get to the election department of every county, if there are some. I doubt anyone will mail their ballot on election day unless their memory is bad and they find their ballot envelope still in the house.
Below see what happens next - it is this: The ballot they mailed on election day must get to the Board that checks mail ballot materials within 3 days of the mailing, which is Nov. 6 at 5 pm.
The official words:
"Ballots that are eligible to be counted must be postmarked by the time polls close and be received by county election boards at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, three days after the Nov. 3 election."