Due to a printer’s error, 545 Republican voters in the city of Scranton have received incorrect ballots for the May 20 primary election.
Beth Hopkins, director of the county Department of Elections and Voter Registration, said voters who received those ballots should discard them. Correct ballots will be mailed to those voters by April 30, she said.
According to Hopkins, the printing company apparently selected the wrong Republican ballot file to print for Scranton voting precincts. The 545 Scranton voters received ballots for the 2024 primary rather than the 2025 primary.
Countywide, more than 12,000 voters of both parties have received mail-in ballots for the primary. Hopkins said only the 545 Scranton ballots are incorrect.