Allegheny County, Pa., officials on Wednesday clarified that officials were not "taking today off" counting mail-in ballots as voters await election results from the battleground state. New York Times journalist Trip Gabriel on Wednesday tweeted that the county "elections staff is taking today off for 'administrative work' and will not resume count until Friday," citing a quote from Allegheny County councilmember Bethany Hallam and an email from the county. Fitzgerald said Allegheny County received 500 ballots on Wednesday and still needs to organize those postmarked before election day. It expects to find between 10,000 and 15,000 provisional ballots when it opens the boxes. More than 2.6 million mail-in ballots were cast, and there has been no report of fraud or any other problem with the accuracy of the count.

Source: Fox News November 05, 2020 21:00 UTC