Pennsylvania is still processing thousands of mail ballots in the too-close-to-call race
Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, waves to supporters at a primary night election gathering in Newtown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. | Seth Wenig/AP PhotoWith just a few tenths of a percentage point separating Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary, it may be weeks before we know who won.
There are also some counties still reporting in-person votes as well, but those numbers are likely smaller than the remaining mail votes.The reason it’s taking more time to count the mail ballots is likely due to Pennsylvania state law. By law, county election officials cannot process mail ballots in the state until Election Day.
Former President Donald Trump used this time lag to spread conspiracy theories about his loss in the 2020 election, as the counting of the mail ballots — which skewed heavily Democratic because Trump’s attacks on mail voting turned off his supporters from the practice — added to Joe Biden’s tally. Most mail ballots in Pennsylvania have to be returned by the time polls close on election night, Tuesday at 8 p.m., to be counted. Some ballots from military and overseas voters can be counted if they are mailed by Election Day and received later, but those are typically only a tiny proportion of the total ballots cast.
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