Voters remained in long lines as Pa. deadline to apply for mail ballots passed; Melania Trump talks about her COVID-19 diagnosis in Chesco campaign stop
The deadline to apply for mail ballots in Pennsylvania was 5 p.m. Tuesday. More than 1.8 million voters have already returned completed mail ballots.
Awa Traore, front green coat, moves her chair as the line of people waiting to vote moves forward, at Tilden Middle School at 66th and Elmwood Ave., in Philadelphia, on October 26, 2020.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here’s what to know about voting in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey. See who’s on your Pennsylvania ballot here.
Tuesday was the deadline in Pennsylvania to request a mail ballot.
The Luzerne County Board of Elections is asking newly installed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from a Pennsylvania mail ballot deadline case.
Elections officials are cautioning the public not to expect all votes to be counted on Election Day, meaning races could take longer to call, due to the unprecedented surge in mail voting amid the pandemic.