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Did Pennsylvania Have More Mail-In Ballots Recorded Than Were Requested?
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Did Pennsylvania Have More Mail-In Ballots Recorded Than Were Requested?

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Khaya Himmelman
Nov 30, 2020
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On Friday, November 27, Doug Mastriano, Republican state senator from Pennsylvania, tweeted a screenshot of what is said to be “Pennsylvania Official votes,”  from “11/24 8pm,” which he claims was “posted on our Department of State dashboard but had since been deleted.” 

The voting information is accompanied with the following caption: “Pennsylvania reports having mailed out 1,823,148 ballots, of which 1,462,302 were returned. Yet total mail-in votes number 2,589,242? From where did the extra 2,589,242-1,462, 302=1,126,940 votes come?”

Twitter avatar for @SenMastrianoSenator Doug Mastriano @SenMastriano
This was posted on our Department of State dashboard but had since been deleted.
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November 27th 2020

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President Donald Trump retweeted Mastriano’s tweet, claiming the “Pennsylvania votes were rigged.”

Twitter avatar for @realDonaldTrumpDonald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The 1,126,940 votes were created out of thin air. I won Pennsylvania by a lot, perhaps more than anyone will ever know. The Pennsylvania votes were RIGGED. All other swing states also. The world is watching!

Senator Doug Mastriano @SenMastriano

This was posted on our Department of State dashboard but had since been deleted. https://t.co/bDmvCK0kDB

November 28th 2020

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Mastriano, however, cites data from the 2020 primary election, not the general election. The insinuation that there were more mail ballots cast than the number of requested mail ballots is false. 

According to Open Data Pennsylvania, there were 1,823,148 mail ballots requested, with 79.97 percent returned in the 2020 primary election.

Per data from the Pennsylvania Secretary of State’s office, there were a total of 3,087,524 mail-in ballot requests, 1,941,131 of which were Democrat and 784,851 of which were Republican, with the rest either having a third party affiliation or none at all. There were a recorded 2,629,672 mail-in ballots returned in total.

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Cornelius O’Brien
Nov 30, 2020

You should clarify that the last paragraph and it’s figures refer to the general election.

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