Case Study: Philadelphia speeds ballot opening and processing with OPEX Model 72 ballot extractors

Philadelphia opens 750K ballot envelopes in 5 days with OPEX Corporation

The city of Philadelphia faced a significant challenge in processing a massive surge of mail-in ballots for the 2020 presidential election. Due to COVID-19, the volume of ballots was far greater than previous elections, and state law mandated they could not be processed until Election Day. Their manual methods were too slow, creating a major pinch point in opening and extracting ballots from their envelopes. To solve this, Philadelphia turned to OPEX Corporation and its Model 72 ballot extractor.

OPEX's solution involved deploying 22 Model 72 ballot extractors to automate the opening process. This allowed the city to quickly open 750,000 envelopes and process all 374,000 ballots in just five days. Without the OPEX technology, this effort would have required over 110 volunteers working for nearly a month, ensuring a timely and critical outcome for the election.

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