With a larger-than-ever number of requests for mail-in ballots, ceaselessly ringing phones in the county elections office, and mailing problems in other Pennsylvania locales, some Butler County voters are, at least for the moment, left to wonder where their ballots are.

Aaron Sheasley, county elections director, said the county has received more than 30,000 validated ballot applications and has sent out close to 20,000 ballots since it started mailing them Oct. 2.

“Ballots are being processed. They're being sent out. People are receiving them because we're getting back the ones they've voted on,” he said. “There are still a lot to go out yet.”

Despite the reams of mailings that have already departed the county's Bureau of Elections, some voters haven't received their ballots, and some are calling in to inquire about them.

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