Chester County mentioned it has appointed the legislation agency Fleck Eckert Klein McGarry, LLC, to conduct an impartial investigation into how third-party voters were omitted from poll books on Election Day.
County officers mentioned Monday that they’ve evaluated 10 legislation corporations for the investigation and resolve on FEKG resulting from its “its expertise in complicated investigations, its information of election-related authorized points, and its independence from Chester County Authorities.”
The agency is tasked with answering the 5 following questions:
- What was the foundation reason behind the manufacturing of incomplete ballot books that led to the omission of third-party voters?
- What processes and controls have been in place throughout the Division of Voter Providers to make sure ballot e book accuracy?
- How and why did these processes fail? Had been the processes and controls inadequate, or have been they not correctly adopted?
- What different components contributed to the failure or impeded Voter Providers employees from figuring out or reporting issues?
- What brought about the numerous delays on Election Day because the County labored to mitigate the problem, and why weren’t supplemental ballot books delivered to some polling locations in a extra well timed method?
The agency will start preliminary work instantly and can current its findings, conclusions and proposals by Dec. 19, 2025, county officers mentioned.
Chester County saved polls open till 10 p.m. after voters registered with third-parties weren’t included within the county’s unique ballot books. NBC10’s Johnny Archer has the story.
The agency’s work may also be offered at a public assembly in Jan. 2026, officers mentioned.
County officers additionally mentioned that the agency won’t be paid greater than $35,000 for the investigation.
On Nov. 4, 2025, election officers in Chester County realized shortly after polls opened that their ballot books didn’t embody third-party voters, which embody registered Independents, Libertarians, non-affiliated and non-partisan.
Round 75,000 voters in Chester County are registered with a third-party.
Because of the problem, new and proper ballot books have been despatched out to voting websites and voting was extended to 10 p.m. on Election Day.
