Luzerne County Election officials say more than 55-thousand voters have applied for mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 general election so far.That’s more than 25-percent of the county’s more than 216-thousand registered voters.In the June primary, the county processed more than 53-thousand requests for mail-in ballots and ended up receiving 40-thousand returned ballots.
It was the first time voting by mail with no excuse or reason required was available due to a bipartisan state law passed last year.Luzerne County plans to start mailing the ballots beginning Monday October 5th.
