Completed ballots must be received by the Elections Division by 8:00 pm on Election Day in order to be counted. Ballots cannot be returned to a polling place. Note - the Allegheny County Elections Division has no oversight into the US Postal Service, and cannot control or provide information on mailing times.
The outer (declaration) envelope is date and time stamped when it is received at the Elections Warehouse. Additionally, when the voted ballot is received, that bar code on the envelope is scanned and the system immediately updated to reflect that the ballot has been returned.
If there is no bar code on the envelope, elections staff will manually pull the voter’s record and enter the ballot as being received.