Allegheny County investigating after voters receive wrong mail-in ballots

The Allegheny County Elections Division is investigating after receiving numerous reports from voters who say they received the wrong mail-in and absentee ballots.

About 20 Allegheny County voters contacted the Elections Division Friday afternoon and evening, according to an announcement from the county.

Officials have not determined how the errors happened or how many people are affected.

Further details were not available Friday night.

Those who received incorrect ballots are asked to contact the Elections Division by email at electionscontact@alleghenycounty.us or phone at 412-350-4500.

They should provide their name, the address at which they are registered to vote, the municipality, ward and district of the ballot they received and, if known, their own municipality, ward and district.

Anyone who received an incorrect ballot should destroy it, but keep the security envelope, declaration and instructions that came with it, according to the county. These will be used to submit the replacement ballot, which will be sent by mail.

As of Friday, mail-in and absentee voters in Allegheny County have cast 115,288 ballots, according to the Elections Division.

The county has sent out a total of 322,000 ballots.

It has received 358,240 applications from mail-in and absentee voters. The vast majority of applications — 255,925 — come from Democrats, according to the Elections Division. Republicans account for 68,232 applications, with other parties making up the remainder.

Westmoreland County is experiencing its own mail-in ballot woes. Nearly 60,000 voters were supposed to receive their ballots last week, but they never arrived.

The first batch of Westmoreland County ballots went out Friday. County officials said the delay was due to increased volume and mechanical issues at Midwest Direct, the Ohio-based company hired to send out the ballots.