County by county, Pennsylvania officials report vote results
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — County election boards across Pennsylvania faced a deadline Monday to certify election results to the Department of State, an important milestone in the tabulation of votes for the presidential contest and other races.
A Department of State spokesperson declined to say which counties have reported, and it was unclear whether an update would be issued at day's end.
“The Department of State continues to work closely with and support all 67 counties as they work to complete the election certification process,” spokesperson Wanda Murren said in Monday morning email to reporters.
The boards in two populous counties split along party lines in votes taken Monday, with majority Democrats in both places voting to certify the results.
Allegheny County, which gave a majority to Democrat Joe Biden, voted 2-1, and Luzerne County, which Republican Donald Trump won, approved its results, 3-2. Messages seeking comment were left for Republicans who voted no in both counties.
Allegheny’s tally does not include the fraction of votes that are part of pending legal challenges.
Several other counties voted unanimously to certify on Monday, as Erie County did late last week, and there were no reports of counties voting against certification.
A Republican state Senate challenger in Allegheny County, Nicole Ziccarelli, filed an emergency request for an injunction Monday morning with the state Supreme Court, asking it to prevent the county from certifying. The justices have not indicated what they will do.
Ziccarelli is down in AP's count by a single vote, out of about 133,000 cast, against Democratic Sen. Jim Brewster.
After the counties send certified results to Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, she must then tabulate, compute and canvass votes for all races....