Butler County is working on developing a policy for when mail-in ballots have a mistake on it.
It’s known as “ballot curing” and it was a subject of controversy in the 2020 election.
Mail-in ballots need things like dates and signatures in certain places. Some counties alerted voters if they made the mistake and allowed them to make corrections before Election Day. In Butler County, officials say that has not been their policy.
Now, between the Bureau of Election, their appointed board, and the bureau’s solicitor, they will be working to establish a policy for how Butler County will handle these ballots in the future. The current board of elections in the county was a group of three appointed individuals–Mike English, Patrick Casey, and Carol McCarthy. Normally, the board of elections is comprised of the county commissioners, however the three commissioners are currently seeking re-election and have recused themselves from the board.
The Department of State currently suggests that counties develop their own policy for ballot curing.
