Be patient. Election results may take a while.
Results of the Nov. 3 election in Pennsylvania, and across the country, likely won’t be known for days. The counting of ballots continues after election night most years. This year’s expected surge in mailed ballots means election offices will need extra time to tally all the votes.
As that occurs, some candidates may call for the counting to end and for themselves to be declared the winner. However, winners will be decided when all the votes are counted — that’s the American election system at work.
WITF’s journalists will cover that process, and WITF will rely on The Associated Press to call races for the winner based on the AP’s rigorous, time-tested method.
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‘Naked ballots,’ signatures and deadlines: What you need to know about voting this year in Pennsylvania
Why Pennsylvania voters’ options for casting mailed ballots vary across the state
Smart Talk Candidate Interviews
WITF’s Smart Talk is featuring interviews with candidates running for both statewide and national offices. These conversations are intended to focus on the issues. All candidates who appear on the ballot in the WITF listening area and who have opponents were invited to be on the program.
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President
Joe Biden (D)
Howie Hawkins (G)
Jo Jorgensen (L)
Donald Trump (R)
Pennsylvania Attorney General
Heather Heidelbaugh (R)
Josh Shapiro (D)
Daniel Wassmer (L)
Richard Weiss (G)
Pennsylvania Auditor General
Nina Ahmad (D)
Timothy DeFoor (R)
Olivia Faison (G)
Jennifer Moore (L)
Pennsylvania Treasurer
Stacy Garrity (R)
Timothy Runkle (G)
Joe Soloski (L)
Joseph Torsella (D)
9th Congressional District
Dan Meuser (R)
Gary Wegman (D)
10th Congressional District
Eugene DePasquale (D)
Scott Perry (R)
11th Congressional District
Sarah Hammond (D)
Lloyd Smucker (R)
12th Congressional District
Lee Griffin (D)
Fred Keller (R)
13th Congressional District
John Joyce (R)
Todd Rowley (D)
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Live: Final presidential debate between Trump and Biden
President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are holding a final debate in Nashville. Follow live updates and analysis.
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Emma Lee
Saving suburbia? Why housing is a hot topic in the 2020 election
When Trump talks about saving neighborhoods, he’s talking mainly about dismantling a Barack Obama administration rule intended to hold municipalities accountable for fulfilling a civil-rights-era federal mandate to end housing segregation.
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Margo Reed
Talks collapse on a deal to let Pennsylvania counties open mail ballots before Election Day
With no deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-led legislature, the processing of mail ballots can’t begin until 7 a.m. on Election Day, opening room for candidates to falsely declare victory.
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Carolyn Kaster
Asked about court packing, Biden says he will convene commission to study reforms
In an interview with “60 Minutes,” the former vice president said he envisions a bipartisan group of constitutional scholars who would after 180 days make recommendations to reform the court system.
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Carlos Barria
Road to 270: Trump’s best path to victory hinges on Pennsylvania and Florida
While Trump has multiple roads to victory, his most likely route hinges on winning two crucial battleground states: Florida and Pennsylvania.
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Matt Slocum
U.S. blames Iran for threatening election emails, says Russia may interfere too
The senders posed as members of the white supremacist Proud Boys and claimed they had voter data that revealed for whom their targets voted — but that was a false flag.
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Courtesy of Robin Staff
Glitch sends some Pa. voters duplicate mail ballots, but officials say only one will be counted
A computer glitch has caused more than 1,000 Pennsylvania voters who requested a mail ballot to be sent two of them by mistake.