LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County Board of Elections announced Monday that 108 Mifflin County voters recently received duplicate mail-in Ballots for the Nov. 3 general election.

According to a press release from the county, a computer program’s confirmation system caused the extra batch of labels and ballots to go out. According to the release, the voters have been identified.

“We are advising voters who received an extra ballot to simply destroy the extra ballot or bring it in to the county elections office,” county commissioner and Board of Elections member Kevin Kodish said.

Kodish added that no problems are anticipated with processing the ballots going forward.

“Fortunately, the election security system is first rate,” he said. “Each voter has their own unique identifying number. Once a person returns a mail-in ballot, the signature is verified, the voter’s identifying number is scanned, and the vote is recorded as being received. If a person sends in a second completed ballot or attempts to vote a second ballot in person, election officials will be alerted and that ballot will be rejected.

“It wouldn’t be any different than a person walking into their polling place at 8 a.m., voting, and then returning at 3 p.m. in the afternoon and trying to vote again,” Kodish continued. “They would be told they already voted.”

Kodish said it should be noted that any person who fraudulently votes more than once in the same election can be convicted of a third degree felony, which carries a fine of up to $15,000 and imprisonment of up to seven years.

The county elections office is in constant communication with the Department of State, Kodish said. He said that is done to ensure the election is proceeding as it should.

Kodish noted that more than 5,000 mail-in and absentee ballots have been sent out by the county elections office so far.

“Many folks, especially senior citizens, are wary of COVID-19 as well as waiting in long lines on Election Day, and they have embraced the opportunity to vote by mail,” Kodish said. “They may return their ballot by mail, in person at the county elections office or at the county’s ballot drop box located just inside the front door of the courthouse.”

The courthouse is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Monday through Friday.

Kodish also indicated there is a method online for voters to check and see if their ballot was received.

To check the status of your ballot, visit https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/BallotTracking.aspx.

Kodish said voters with questions are invited to call the county elections office at (717) 248-6571, extension 1, but due to the extreme call volume and work being performed voters may need to leave a message.

“The action in our county elections office hasn’t been limited to mail-in ballots,” Kodish said. “The office received over 100 new voter registrations on multiple occasions last week. It is so great to see so many people taking part in the election process.”