1 million Pennsylvania mail ballots returned two weeks before Election Day

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11. "All we can do is hope it gets there in time, and they are allowed and counted. "

Check here (fill out the online "form" for a database search) to see the ballot status - https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/BallotTracking.aspx

I know in the past, the state was auto-generating emails to provide ballot status and the last one that I saw about the ballot being "ready" to send, had a different, more "friendly" sender name that changed from "[e-mail]" to "My Ballot PA Dept of State ([e-mail]). So it could be that whole feature was contracted-out (I expect it was), and this is what a new vendor has come up with. I just confirmed that the state itself has transitioned their website from the older "state.pa.us" to "pa.gov".

I know in the past, the old account status email would indicate that the ballot "had been received and timely recorded" (as the County status) and then had the reminder that I could no longer vote in person (meaning I was done).

I haven't seen one of those types of emails although the above-linked site has my status of the County (Philly) having received the ballot, and I check daily to make sure that I don't have any errors on the envelope (the city publishes a list each day for those ballots needing correction). I also know that the City Commissioners (who handle elections) changed this year and it's possible they are doing it a bit differently (although they used the "old way" during the primary).