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Al Schmidt: “When people vote by provisional ballots, those are only…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Pa. Secretary reminds voters to prepare for Tuesday's primary election

Published | Video Starts at 10:58

So if one person writes in one name for something, they still go to the trouble to make sure to go through all of those ballots and record the vote totals. And they do that in every election. And another misconception is that When people vote by provisional ballots, those are only counted if races are close. That is not true at all. It's never been true. Counties go through a painstaking process to make sure that a voter did not vote at one polling place and go to a different polling place and vote by provisional ballot and have that vote counted. (10:58–11:08)

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Asserts that provisional ballots in Pennsylvania are counted regardless of race closeness.

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