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Election directors gear up for Tuesday

Election directors throughout our region are gearing up for Tuesday’s General Election.

In Schuylkill County, over 14,500 mail-in ballots (mail-in and absentees) were sent out as of the end of last week, according to Albert Gricoski, director of elections. Of those, he said over 11,000 have been returned.

“When they come in, we scan them to acknowledge that we received them,” Gricoski said. “We do not precanvass until Election Day morning.”

Gricoski said they’ll begin around 7 a.m., and hope to have them canvassed by 10 or 10:30 p.m.

He said they plan to have complete results by midnight.

Gricoski said they’re hoping “to have a nice, safe, secure election.

“Everybody’s been trained, things are being processed with regard to getting our equipment and paperwork in order for the poll workers,” he said. “We just hope everybody takes their time at the polling sites, be courteous to the other voters, and have a safe, secure, accurate election (so) that everything runs smoothly. We’re all here to work together.”

Sara May-Silfee, director of elections and voter registration for Monroe County, said there were 32,037 mail-in and in-person ballots sent out.

May-Silfee said they’ll begin opening and scanning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, and that she’s hopeful to have the complete results before midnight.

She explained the plan to keep things running smoothly with the crowds at the polls.

“Extra poll workers,” May-Silfee said. “And everyone must be patient.”

Over in Northampton County, 64,450 applications have been received (includes 7,000 ballot-on-demands processed in-person at the elections office), according to Becky Bartlett, interim deputy director and public information officer for Northampton County. Of those, she said 51,563 have been returned.

Bartlett said Northampton County Elections Office workers will convene at 7 a.m. Tuesday for the purpose of precanvassing the mail-in and absentee ballots. She said elections office workers will meet at 9 a.m. Nov. 8 to begin the official computation and canvass of the votes cast in the General Election.

“Plans are in place to keep things moving smoothly at the polls,” Bartlett said.