Pennsylvania Election Day 2024 live updates as results come in

Incumbent Democrat Summer Lee defeated Republican James Hayes, winning her first reelection test in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, CBS News projects.   

Local supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are holding their own watch parties in Western Pennsylvania. Watch the latest below.

Philadelphia police responded to at least 10 locations in South Philly on Tuesday for bomb threats.

The 911 call for the threats happened at 6:43 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. and K-9s searched all locations with negative results, police said.

Here is a map of the locations.

1. 900 block of South 7th Street 
2. 1000 block of  South 4th Street  
3. 400 block of Queen Street 
4. 700 block of Catharine Street
5. 1100 block of Catharine Street 
6. 200 block of Washington Avenue  
7. 900 block of Federal Street 
8. 1200 block of Wharton Street 
9. 1200 block of Carpenter Street 
10. 1000 block of East Erie Avenue   

The Philadelphia Police Department urges anyone with information regarding this incident to contact the South Detectives Division at 215-686-3013. Tips can be submitted anonymously by calling or texting our PPD's tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).  

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato called the county the "political universe" as election workers continue to count votes. 

The county's unofficial results are expected to be posted by midnight.

Innamorato said she expects the results will show a record-setting turnout. 

"Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has been billed as the political universe this election cycle and we saw that with all the candidate visits to Pennsylvania, specifically here in Allegheny County and Southwestern Pennsylvania," Innamorato said. 

"The workers that make elections run in Allegheny County are absolutely critical in not only securing everyone's right to vote but to make sure that we can get those results out efficiently and get something called for Pennsylvania as soon as possible because I know people around the nation are watching the work that we're doing." 

A Washington County judge of elections was removed from his position after being "insulting and belligerent with poll workers," officials said. 

The judge of elections received "multiple warnings" but did not "change his behavior," resulting in him being removed from his position by the sheriff. No charges were filed, and the polling station continued to operate smoothly. 

"His actions were creating an uncomfortable environment for the workers," officials said. 

State officials are preaching calm and patience in the counting of votes in the face of large voter turnout across the state and a spate of disruptive bomb threats at polling locations and government buildings.

Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said at a Tuesday night news conference that every legal, eligible vote will be counted. He says that takes time and that the state's goal is to do it right and accurately.

Al Schmidt, the state's top elections official, said in-person turnout numbers will not be available Tuesday night. He said the state's counties could not even begin processing and opening the millions of returned mail ballots until 7 a.m. EST Tuesday and that the last of them would not have been received until 8 p.m. EST.

In a news conference Tuesday night, Philadelphia district attorney, Larry Krasner, detailed what he called "phony bomb threats."

Krasner said a polling place located at 1013 Ellsworth Street in South Philly was kept open until 8:23 p.m., to his understanding, because it was closed for 23 minutes earlier in the day due to a false bomb threat. The Philadelphia district attorney said he believed this meant that anyone who was in line by 8:23 p.m. could still vote.

Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the FBI posted on X they were aware of bomb threats against polling locations in several states. The FBI said many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains and none of them had been deemed credible as of the afternoon. According to Krasner, in Philadelphia, they were fake bomb threats as well.

All the locations were cleared, he added, with only the one at Ellsworth Street temporarily closing.

Officials with the district attorney's office detailed another incident from earlier in the day where an individual was detained for making threatening comments.

Officials said the incident happened at 66th and Chester in Southwest Philly and involved one person, who walked by the polling location multiple times throughout the day making comments to the effect that he was going to bomb the location. 

According to the DA's staffer, there's no indication the person had any ability to carry out the threat. The individual hasn't been referred to the district attorney's office for charges. Philadelphia police are investigating the incident.

Officials also gave an update about a person who was using hidden cameras to film election workers. The DA's office said they've investigated the reports, and haven't made any arrests, but understand the individual has fled to New Jersey.

A bomb threat is under investigation by Chester County Emergency officials on Tuesday night after a polling location was evacuated. 

Chester County Emergency officials said in a social post the email bomb threat was sent to the Government Services Center near Westtown Road in West Chester, "which mirrors the bomb threats sent to election offices across Pennsylvania and the United States."

After the building was evacuated, the Chester County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit did a sweep for bombs, and after no signs of any bombs, the building was reopened, according to the release from officials.

Voters are being redirected to neighboring polling places that have been extended to 10 p.m. for those voters only, officials said.

Chester County Emergency officials said the two polling places, West Goshen 280 [West Goshen South 2] and West Goshen 286 [West Goshen South 4] were closed early and redirected voters to these two polling places:

1. West Goshen 275 [West Goshen South 1] at The West Chester Seventh Day Adventist Church near South High Street in West Chester.
2. West Goshen 285 [West Goshen South 3] at Glen Acres Elementary School near Delancey Place.

Chester County Commissioner Josh Maxwell said in a Facebook post that the mail-in ballots were delivered after 8 p.m. and the mail-in ballots are canvassed and counted at a different location.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro released a statement Tuesday night about the bomb threats across the state:

"We've also been made aware that in the course of the last hour, multiple bomb threats have been called into polling and municipal sites across Pennsylvania.

My team and I have been in direct communications with Pennsylvania State Police Colonel Christopher Paris who is coordinating with local and federal law enforcement, as well as PEMA.  

State and local law enforcement – along with the FBI – are investigating these threats and thus far, there is no credible threat to the public."

Local and federal police are investigating the bomb threat and officials said the reporting of the election results wasn't impacted.

An emergency request to extend voting hours until 9 p.m. was granted after a bomb threat at the Clearfield County Administrative Building, where votes are being counted, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania courts said.

Clearfield County is about two hours northeast of Pittsburgh. 

Polls in Pennsylvania closed at 8 p.m. 

CBS News has live results for Pennsylvania as well as the entire country.

Allegheny County has scanned a total of 222,343 ballots and the data is uploading to its results website, a spokesperson said in an update shortly before 8 p.m. 

The results of 186,034 mail-in ballots are expected to be posted shortly after 8 p.m. and the next batch of 36,000 will post once the data is done uploading.

County employees are working with USPS on California Avenue to sweep for any final ballots. Employees at the County Office Building will also bring ballots that were turned in today to the warehouse. The county said it's anticipating several hundreds of ballots in those batches. 

Allegheny County sheriff's deputies will stay at Roosevelt School in Carrick until polls close after reports that people were blocking voters. 

Around 6:30 p.m., the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office said the elections department got a call about as many as three people blocking voters at the school. 

The court asked deputies to take the people into custody, but the sheriff's office said they were gone by the time authorities got there. 

Deputies are staying until polls close in case they return. 

It's important to regularly test one's fire alarms. Just not at a polling place on Election Day.

In Allegheny County, Moon Area High School - which hosts a polling place - conducted "intermittent fire alarm testing" on Election Day, according to court documents. A county judge ordered the school to "immediately cease all inspections and testing ... until all voting is completed."

Voting was not impacted by power outages in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, according to a county spokesperson and spokesperson for Met-Ed, an electricity provider in the state. The county is north of Philadelphia.

A power outage just before noon on Tuesday that lasted six to ten minutes affected eight polling stations in Northampton County, the Met-Ed spokesperson said, but voting was not disrupted because the sites had battery backups.

Social media users posted about outages in parts of eastern Pennsylvania, blaming the outages for long lines and delays in voting.

One widely shared social media post claimed there were over 14,000 power outages at around 1 p.m. ET. Met-Ed's spokesperson said this was false, and that there was only one outage impacting about 17,000 customers at 11:42 a.m.  

Julia Ingram contributed to this report.  

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker posted on social media that the city is conducting "a safe, secure and fair election." 

"The City of Philadelphia is conducting a safe, secure and fair election everywhere in our city. Polls are open until 8 p.m. If you're in line by 8 p.m., stay in line! You can still cast your vote," the post says.

Parker's post comes after former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "massive CHEATING" is happening in Philadelphia earlier Tuesday evening.

In response to the former president's post, City Commissioner Seth Bluestein shared on X that Trump's post "is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure."

Bluestein added in a thread to his original post, "We have been in regular contact with the RNC. We have been responsive to every report of irregularities at the polls to ensure Philadelphians can vote safely and securely."

Bucks County has been in the election spotlight for weeks. It's a swing county, and both campaigns have spent time and money trying to get voters on their side.

The battleground county has also been getting a lot of attention because it's a balanced mix of voters.

Election workers have been counting mail-in ballots since 7 a.m., which is when state law allows workers to start opening envelopes.

While CBS News Philadelphia couldn't be inside the room where they're counting, it's under video monitoring and being streamed in the hallway, where you can see workers in real-time opening envelopes, removing ballots and feeding the tabulation machines.

Pennsylvania state law requires workers to continue counting ballots, without any stoppage, until they're finished.

Officials said that will be at least tomorrow, if not later.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio is facing a challenge from Republican Rob Mercuri in the race for Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District.

The race for the 17th Congressional District, which includes all of Beaver County and the northwestern parts of Allegheny County, will be one of the most competitive contests on the ballot.    

The court has ordered a Fayette County election judge to follow election code and not hand count ballots.

The Fayette County Bureau of Elections says an election judge intended to remove ballots from the ballot box and hand count them for each presidential candidate, even after he was told he couldn't, according to court paperwork.

In an emergency petition, Fayette County Elections Director Marybeth Kuznik asked the court to stop Washington Township Election Judge Vincent Manetta from performing the count. 

"Despite being instructed by the Election Director and the solicitor that he could not act outside of the statute by performing a hand audit or manual tabulation of the votes cast for each presidential candidate, Mr. Manetta indicated that it was still his intention to perform that count at the precinct." 

Pennsylvania election code states that election judges are supposed to use the automated tabulating equipment to count votes and then print out a tape showing the results. 

The court is ordering Manetta to follow the election code. If he doesn't, the court will send a member of the sheriff's office to escort a poll worker and the election materials from Manetta's precinct to the elections bureau without a hand count. 

Former President Donald Trump's claim that "massive CHEATING" is happening in Philadelphia on Election Day is false, City Commissioner Seth Bluestein said. 

Trump posted the claim on Truth Social. 

"There is absolutely no truth to this allegation," Bluestein wrote on X. "It is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure."

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said in a statement that there's no "factual basis" to Trump's claim. 

"The only talk about massive cheating has come from one of the candidates, Donald J. Trump," Krasner said in a statement. "There is no factual basis whatsoever within law enforcement to support this wild allegation. We have invited complaints and allegations of improprieties all day. If Donald J. Trump has any facts to support his wild allegations, we want them now. Right now. We are not holding our breath."  

The Philadelphia Police Department said they weren't "aware of anything" Trump referred to in his post. 

In Allegheny County, all the ballots from the initial batch of mail-in ballots have been removed from the inner envelopes, a spokesperson said in a 5:30 p.m. update. 

A small group of workers are processing mail-in ballots that have been received today. "Scanning and tabulation of ballots continues," the county said. 

More than 2,200 people are working the polls in Chester County. Election officials at West Chester's First Presbyterian Church, serving as a polling place, told CBS News Philadelphia that residents waited in long lines Tuesday morning to cast their votes. 

There was a lull in voter volume in the afternoon that officials anticipate will pick back up after people are off work for the night.

Absentee and mail ballots are being processed at what's called the "central scan" at the Chester County Board of Elections Office on Market Street. It's busy with more than 200 employees covering three shifts.

 
The fourth floor is where they sort the ballots by precinct and the fifth floor is where they pre-canvass mail and absentee ballots. The vote tabulation began at 7 a.m.
 
Chester County Board of Elections Chair Josh Maxwell shared this message with voters.

"There's no one more impactful in the world today than a Pennsylvania voter, so regardless of who you're passionate about, please get out here and vote and make sure we have high turnout here in this swing state," Chester County Board of Elections Chair Josh Maxwell said.

Overall, Maxwell said, voting has been a smooth process. He said some of the precincts had minor problems but nothing that couldn't be fixed quickly.

This election cycle could bring record turnout, and local and state leaders have been preparing for any potential issues that could arise at the polls.

In Allegheny County alone there are more than 1,300 polling places. Most didn't and won't see any issues, but if something arises, there are protections for voters.

"All registered voters have the right to cast their ballot without encountering intimidation or harassment or discrimination," Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt said. 

Schmidt said the state has put infrastructure in place to help counties address any concerns. If voters feel anything nefarious occurs, the Department of State can address their concerns with an online form. For more immediate action, it's recommended you contact someone at the polling location.

"At the polling sites, there should be constables there. They should alert it to the constables. You can always take it to the elections department," Allegheny County Democratic Chair Sam Hens-Greco said over Zoom.

If any issues are more concerning, police and the district attorney will investigate. In 2020, there were a couple of reports of credible voter fraud in Pennsylvania. One man was accused of voting in multiple states and another was accused of voting for his dead mother. Other challenges in courts ended up with no credible evidence of fraud.

"It would take a monumental effort to be able to do that," Hens-Greco said.

The biggest concern the Department of State has right now is voter misinformation causing distrust in the system.

"Sharing social posts filled with half-truths or even outright lies is harmful to our representative democracy," Schmidt said.

Something new we didn't see in 2020: by midnight, all 67 counties in the state need to report how many mail-in ballots still need to be counted.

Incumbent Democrat Summer Lee is facing a challenge from Republican James Hayes in the race for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.

The district includes Pittsburgh, the Mon Valley, parts of the South Hills and Westmoreland County. Hayes ran uncontested in April's Republican primary.   

Officials say allegations by commentator James O'Keefe that noncitizens are being encouraged to vote in Philadelphia are false.

O'Keefe posted a video Monday claiming an election clerk and a local nonprofit advised voting with an ITIN number, regardless of citizenship.

An ITIN is an individual taxpayer identification number.

The video had nearly 2 million views on X as of this afternoon.

ITINs are for tax purposes. They are not linked to voting eligibility.

Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein called the claim incorrect and said noncitizens are not eligible to vote in Philadelphia.

Just hours ago Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner addressed the video and how they are dealing with any claims of voter fraud.

"We want witnesses. We want the truth. We don't want nonsense. And I want you to know we do not have reports of anything that looks like voter fraud. We do not have any serious indication of voter fraud. We do not expect to have it, but if it's there, we want to know about it," Krasner said.

It's been nonstop campaigning throughout the state of Pennsylvania, particularly here in Western Pennsylvania. All those visits, all those ads and all the political rhetoric have created a major stressor for many people.  

For many, getting to this day was anything but easy.

"I woke up this morning with butterflies in my stomach," said voter Mike Rankin. "I'm so nervous about this election. I can't remember the last time I felt this way about an election."

A lot of it comes from the general polarizing divisions: neighbor vs. neighbor, even family member rivalries.

"I feel like it's been nerve-wracking for everybody involved," said voter Maddie Taylor. "If you're one way or the other or somewhere in the middle, I think a lot of the times, it's just, you gotta do what you gotta do."

According to the American Psychological Association, psychologists are seeing more election-related stress than they have in the last three elections. The American Psychological Association polled more than 3,300 people and found that 69% said this presidential election is a stressor. And 77% said the future of America is "a significant source of stress in their lives."  

"Glad I got to come in today to vote because it releases the anxiety a little bit," Taylor said.

Actor Paul Rudd handed out water and snacks to voters on Villanova University's campus, which is just outside of Philadelphia. 

Villanova's student newspaper, The Villanovan, shared the photos on X, formerly known as Twitter. 

When asked by the paper about why he was supporting young voters, Rudd told The Villanovan: "Because voting is very important, especially for young voters who are going to be having to live with the results longer than old farts like me. So I encourage everyone to come out and vote, to keep our democracy alive and I am thankful to see so many students out here today to do that."

At the York House retirement community in North Philadelphia lives a woman who has walked through a century of history — and cast a historic vote during Tuesday's Election day by voting for the first Black female presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Montgomery County leaders say so far, it's been a smooth Election Day at their polling locations.

A county spokeswoman told CBS News Philadelphia earlier Tuesday that there were long lines, but it was due to high turnout, not because of polling place issues.

Voters CBS News Philadelphia spoke to in the early afternoon said they didn't have to wait long to cast their ballots. They did say they noticed more people voting than they typically see in the early afternoon.

Those voters say it's important to cast your ballot in this election. Adding, today is significant because it signifies the end of all those election text messages, robocalls and mailers.

"I'm thrilled that this will all be over because every day I was getting five to seven pieces of mail," Helen Leopold from Abington Township said.

County leaders will be holding a news conference around 8:30 p.m. to provide an update on the counting process.

The race for Pennsylvania's auditor general will be important to taxpayers in the commonwealth as Republican Tim DeFoor is taking on Philadelphia state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta.  

DeFoor, the incumbent, is looking to secure a second term. Kenyatta is currently serving as a state representative of the 181st District in Philadelphia.   

As of 2:20 p.m., Allegheny County election officials have opened all inner ballot envelopes currently available in the warehouse, according to a county election spokesperson.

Staff are preparing ballots for the scanners.

Langhorne Borough Police are debunking a Reddit post claiming a New Jersey State Police trooper was stopping vehicles in Bucks County and asking drivers their party affiliation. 

The claim was posted on Reddit on Monday, according to Langhorne police. The post on the forum claimed four people had reported it to the Langhorne police department. 

On Tuesday, Langhorne police said the incidents could not be verified and their police department did not receive any reports from drivers.

Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Dave McCormick, accompanied his wife to a polling place in Squirrel Hill to cast her ballot. 

McCormick is running against incumbent Senator Bob Casey, a Democrat, who is looking to win his fourth term in the United States Senate. 

This is McCormick's second run for the Senate after losing to Dr. Mehmet Oz in the 2022 Republican primary. Oz lost the general election to U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's other senator.

Long lines have been the story of the morning for one of the largest polling places in Westmoreland County. 

The Sunrise Church in Unity Township is the polling place for roughly 4,000-5,000 people in the county. 

Lines this morning stretched around the building as dozens of people waited to make their voices heard. 

One first-time voter, who can finally vote in a presidential election, was among those waiting to cast a ballot. 

"I think it's definitely different," said Tyler Nelson. "I voted in the primaries and it's definitely a longer line. There's more people here, people are excited to vote for who they think they should be the next president, I think America is ready for a change." 

This polling place, just like all others in Pennsylvania, is open until 8 p.m. but if you are in line before then, stay in line as you are entitled to vote. 

Watch the full report below: 

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and his office's election protection task force say they've received several calls about people blocking entrances at polling sites.

The DA's office is also investigating reports of hidden cameras filming poll workers.

On Monday, Krasner recited a line that was seemingly heard around the country — "F around and find out" — and he repeated it again on Election Day.

The phrase even made its way onto a T-shirt.

"Anybody who tries to mess with this election, intimidate by bullying. Anybody who tries to do that, F around and find out," Krasner said.

As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Philadelphia DA's office said they had received about 50 complaints, mainly of electioneering.

One incident, according to the DA's office, involved an allegedly credentialed GOP poll watcher filming inside a polling place on Bustleton Avenue, which they're not permitted to do. 

For voters who encounter issues, the Philadelphia DA's election protection task force hotline is ready to hear them. Its number is 215-686-9641.  

Allegheny County leaders are trying to avoid a repeat of 2020 when it took several days for workers to count all of the absentee ballots. 

This year, they are able to do some of the work ahead of time as they are inspecting and opening the outer envelopes of the mail-in ballots. From there, workers remove and open the inner, or secrecy, envelopes and remove the ballots. 

Allegheny County Elections Division Manager Dave Voye said they have been working hard to get the process done so counting can run smoothly. 

"We want this process to be open and let people know what we're doing and we want everything to be done and be counted timeline and correctly," he said. 

According to the county, as of 12:17 p.m., all outer envelopes have been opened and workers will begin scanning ballots. 

Watch the full report below: 

All eyes will be on Pennsylvania on Election Day and possibly for days to come because the commonwealth is a key battleground in the race for the White House. 

The final vote tally might not be available on Election Day, though. A rule about mail-in ballots explains why.

Congresswoman Summer Lee, who is fighting for reelection in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, cast her ballot on Tuesday morning.

Lee is facing first-time Republican challenger James Hayes.

Cambria County will extend its voting hours to 10 p.m. Tuesday due to early morning technical issues with voting machines, according to a court order.

A petition for emergency relief was submitted to the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County on Tuesday morning, which was granted as of 11 a.m.

Poll workers across Cambria County stressed to voters that they were permitted to cast a paper ballot or return at a later time after the voting machines were repaired by a technician.

Pennsylvania's Department of State continues to be in contact with county officials while the issue is resolved.

One of Pennsylvania's two U.S. Senate seats is before voters Tuesday, with Sen. Bob Casey vying for a fourth term against challenger and businessman Dave McCormick. It is expected to be a close race and could ultimately play a role in the balance of power in the Senate.

This is McCormick's second run for the Senate after losing to Dr. Mehmet Oz in the 2022 Republican primary. Oz lost the general election to U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's other senator.

McCormick, who was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, and raised in Bloomsburg, was CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, sat on former President Donald Trump's Defense Advisory Board and served in top positions under President George W. Bush.

Casey, who has been in the Senate since 2007, is a Scranton native, a former state auditor general and treasurer.

You can read more about the Pennsylvania Senate race here.

While New Jersey and Delaware both regulate what residents can and can't wear while voting, Pennsylvania does allow voters to wearing clothing, hats and buttons that show support for a specific candidate to the polls.

However, the Pennsylvania Department of State says "voters who are in the polling place to vote should not campaign for their chosen candidates, and Judges of Election should ask those voters to refrain from doing so while in the polling place."  

Just before 9:30 a.m., Allegheny County provided an update on mail-in ballots, saying that their dashboard, which can be found here, has been updated through Sunday's returns. 

It will be updated later today in order to reflect ballots that were received on Monday. 

Ballots can be returned to the Allegheny County office building until 8 p.m. 

As of 9:15, the county said approximately 100,000 outer envelopes have been opened. 

Military and overseas mail-in ballots will be accepted for another week. 

For Allegheny County, 3,788 ballots were sent to overseas residents and 2,165 have been returned. Meanwhile, 521 military ballots were sent and 268 have been returned. 

 It's Election Day and you still have your mail-in ballot, so what can you do with it? 

There are two options and poll workers have said there is a recent history of people arguing with them over these mail-in ballots. 

"Go to the county office building downtown today, [during] same hours that the polls are open, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and you can turn in your mail-in ballots there and it will be counted with the rest of the mail-in ballots," explained Abigail Gardner. 

Option number two is to take it to your polling place. 

"If you're going to surrender it to your poll worker, that's what we call it, and they will take it from you and it will get destroyed," Gardner said. "It doesn't count and you will be handed a new fresh ballot to vote in person just like everybody else." 

Basically, you'll have to get in line and vote in person like everybody else and that's where these arguments come from - because many voters want to drop it off and go. 

You can read my full story here. 

It's a dry, warm, and sunny Election Day and we could yet again, tie or break the record high of 80° set back in 1948. 

Rain showers return overnight into early Wednesday morning around 6 a.m. to the northwest, but it looks as if we will only be picking up about .10"-.25" of rain. 

They should wrap up after noon on Wednesday.

Get my full forecast here so you're prepared before you head to the polls!

According to Allegheny County, there were two delays at polling locations in the county. 

First, there was a delay at Whitehall-03 as the judge of elections was late. They arrived as of 8:22 a.m. and it is now up and running. 

Also, Pittsburgh 31-03 which is at Lincoln Place, the judge of elections did not arrive. The sheriff received the poll book from the election judge and took it to the polling place, Lincoln Place Presbyterian Church. 

Poll workers are in place and once the polling book arrives, the site will open as normal. 

People are able to vote provisionally at the location. 

People planning to vote in-person in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs will do so under increasingly sunny skies and above-average temperatures. The Delaware Valley is on track to see one of its warmest Election Days on record, with highs forecast to reach 76 degrees. If it gets that warm in Philadelphia, the city would tie the warmest Election Day on record from Nov. 9, 1936. 

On the flip side, Philadelphia's coldest Election Day was recorded 12 years ago on Nov. 6, 2012, when high temperatures only reached 45 degrees. 

Today's warm temperatures could also help increase voter turnout. A 2017 study found that for an increase of about 1.8 degrees, voter turnout increased by about 0.14%  

Officials in Burlington County, New Jersey confirmed Tuesday morning that there were issues getting polling machines up and running at several voting locations, including in Mount Laurel. 

Poll workers at the impacted locations are "being provided technical support" and the location on Masonville Centerton Road in Mount Laurel is expected to be back open shortly, a spokesperson for the county said.  

So far, 1.7 million Pennsylvania residents have voted by mail. That's down from 2020 when 2.6 million people voted by mail.  

Josh Maxwell, chair of the Chester County Board of Elections, said nontraditional voting methods have been the target of legal challenges.

"Some folks have chosen not to vote by mail who have voted by mail previously," Maxwell said. "There's a lot of litigation in Pennsylvania as far as what ballots can be counted. So we see less people voting by mail and expect more people to vote in person tomorrow."

Maxwell expects a strong turnout on Election Day.

In recent history, the popular vote in Pennsylvania—which decides who gets the electoral votes—has been very close. 

Pennsylvania now has 19 electoral votes compared to the 20 it had during the 2020 presidential election, thanks to redistricting after the 2020 census.  

Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populated state in the United States, with an estimated population of 12,961,683 in 2023, according to the most recent U.S. census data.

A state this large, with a population that is pretty evenly split politically, becomes a state to watch on election night.

Since 1900, Pennsylvania has voted Democratic 45.2% of the time and Republican 51.6% of the time.

Though there are states with more electoral votes at stake, none of them have traditionally been as close to call as Pennsylvania. 

On Monday, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt made two commitments to Pennsylvanians.

"First, that Pennsylvania's Nov. 5 election will be free, fair, safe and secure. And second, that all registered voters will have the opportunity to make their voice heard," Schmidt said.

Schmidt also discussed how long it will take to get the election results after the polls close. He said the Pennsylvania Department of State has never had final official results on Election Night.

"The department is confident that counties will work diligently to count every eligible ballot cast, and we can't predict what percentage of those votes will counted on Election Night," he said.

Schmidt said nearly 2 million mail-in ballots have been returned. Unlike other states, Pennsylvania law does not allow counties to begin opening and counting mail ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day.

It's Election Day in Pennsylvania and polling places are now officially open for people who will be casting their ballots in person.

If today is your first time voting or you're voting at a new polling place, you'll need to bring identification. A photo ID or approved non-photo ID, such as a firearms permit, a utility bill, a bank statement, or a check are approved options. 

Polls will close at 8 p.m tonight throughout the state. If you are in line to vote by 8 p.m., you will be permitted to vote and cast your ballot. 

To find your polling place, click here.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were both in Pennsylvania to make their final plea to voters ahead of Election Day.

Both candidates have made numerous trips to different parts of the state in recent weeks, hoping to win Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes.

Harris held a concert and rally at the Carrie Blast Furnaces in Swissvale.  She spoke for about 13 minutes, talking about the importance of voting, how "momentum is on our side" and how this election is about "a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom."   

After leaving the stage, she traveled across state and held her final campaign event with thousands in attendance at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. 

Trump was in Reading earlier in the day and then held at rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and took the stage shortly after 7:30 p.m. 

He said he was "thrilled to be back" and began attacking the Biden/Harris administration, asking people if they were better off now than four years ago. He promised to address inflation and border security. He also said that he would impose tariffs on Mexico and China related to drugs and the U.S-Mexico border.    

Trump wrapped up his final day of the campaign with a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.