HARRISBURG, Pa. —The U.S. Supreme Court is directing Pennsylvania election offices to comply with a state ruling to segregate mail-in ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day because of pending legal challenges from Republicans.
The ruling is moot because PA Sec. of State Kathy Boockvar issued the same over one month prior to Election Day and there are no counties that are not complying.
As of 5 p.m. Friday the state stopping accepted mail-in ballots. In a statement, we were told the overwhelming majority of mail-in and absentee votes have been counted.
Officials say the count of provisional ballots is now underway.
According to state data, just over 3 million mail-in and absentee ballots were issued to voters. Right now, there are just over 100,000 to be counted, most of which are in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties.
The most recent numbers show that there are 23,291 ballots that need to be counted in Philadelphia County, while Allegheny is showing 36,456.
Counties are allowed to count mail-in ballots as long as they were postmarked by Nov. 3 and received by 5 p.m. on Nov. 6. Ballots received after Nov. 3 are being kept separate pending the legal cases.
The race is too close to call, but as of Friday night former Vice President Biden is showing a steadily increasing lead over President Donald Trump.
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