Chester County’s Department of Voter Services reports that the vote computation process from Tuesday’s primary election continues to run smoothly with all precincts accounted for and only provisional and military/overseas civilians’ ballots still to be counted .
   “We prepared for this election for many months to ensure every citizen in our county not only knew their vote would be properly counted but that the election was secure , ” said Chester County Director of Voter Services Karen Barsoum . “Every aspect we designed and every improvement we made came to fruition .
   “The larger envelopes for mail - in and absentee ballots worked . No envelopes were cut by the OPEX machines . We had more than enough County employees helping us on every shift . I could not be prouder of our staff as well as all the poll workers and judges of elections . ” 
   Any mail - in ballots that were deemed questionable , meaning Voter Services staff were unsure if they should be counted , were placed on legal hold and reviewed at specific times – 9:00AM , 1:00PM , 5:00PM and 9:00PM on election day , and 9:00AM Wednesday , May 18 . These times were set so that interested parties could be on hand to review ballots and determine whether they would appeal decisions made by Voter Services regarding ballot count .
   The return board ( also called computation board ) met on Friday morning to begin the computation stage and begin determinations on provisional ballots . Tuesday is the last day for the County to receive military and overseas ballots . They will be counted if they were postmarked by May 16 .
   “The feedback on the process from every witness on site was positive . People were able to see , review , and hear us explain every step of the way . The new expanded space worked very well to do everything in a more efficient manner . We will continue to use these same updated procedures in November because they worked so well , ” added Karen Barsoum .
   To see the latest returns , please visit  
   https://pennsylvania . totalvote . com/Chester
   

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