Blair to mail ballots soon

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County voters who have asked for absentee and mail-in ballots should begin receiving them in about a week. Solicitor Nathan Karn said Tuesday that after the absentee and mail-in ballots were printed, efforts were initiated to make sure their coding worked with the county’s vote scanning equipment. The issues that have surfaced should be rectified soon, allowing the ballot distribution to begin, Karn said. “Within the week, we’re hopeful that they’ll be in the mail,” he added. Like all Pennsylvania counties, Blair couldn’t arrange for ballots to ...