Mail-in voters in Central Pa. find out heavier ballot means more postage

Local Democratic officials Thursday said their phones were lighting up from voters reporting that clerks at several Lancaster County post offices were saying their mail-in ballots needed additional postage because they were too heavy for basic first-class letter postage.

Vicki Deal of Manor Township was among those voters. Deal told LNP | LancasterOnline she went to the Millersville post office Thursday morning to mail her and her husband’s municipal election ballots to the county elections office.

A clerk at the counter told her it was a good thing she stopped by in person. “‘We’re glad you came in because you don’t have enough postage on your ballots,’ ” Deal said the clerk told her.

Deal said she paid for an extra 29-cent stamp for each ballot, which covers an additional ounce.


https://www.witf.org/2025/10/17/mail-in-voters-in-central-pa-find-out-heavier-ballot-means-more-postage/