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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania held a primary election Tuesday amid civil unrest, a pandemic, the introduction of new voting machines in some counties and the debut of mail-in balloting that pushed county election bureaus to their limits. The result of the highest-profile contest on the ballot was a foregone conclusion: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, uncontested for their party's nominations, both won their primary Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The lack of drama in the outcome of the presidential primary and the huge number of voters who opted to vote by mail meant turnout was light.

With 79% reporting, President Trump earned 747,790 votes. With 65% reporting, Biden has 566,045 votes. Despite Biden being the presumptive nominee, more than 20% of PA democrats chose another candidate.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some county and state officials are warning that a flood of mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania -- fueled by fears of in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic -- will create problems in Tuesday’s primary election that must be fixed before they cause a disaster in this battleground state in November’s presidential election. For one, they are warning that there will be no way to produce timely election results in November unless the law changes to allow counties to process 'mailed-in' ballots 'before' Election Day. Even in Tuesday's relatively low-turnout primary election, election night results might be unlikely...

When she worked her first election last year, Pam Neidig was looking forward to serving as a poll worker for the foreseeable future. Neidig, a recent retiree, has had a change of heart. She recently informed Cumberland County election officials that she would not be working the June 2 primary out of deep concerns that doing so would put her at risk of being exposed to the coronavirus. Neidig said she doesn't think her polling place allows for compliance of federal and state guidances on social distancing. Her Camp Hill District 3 polling place, the ground floor of the Camp...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, officials have admitted that duplicate ballots were mailed out to registered voters, though they are not sure how many.Last week, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s top election official admitted that duplicate ballots had been sent to registered voters but said he did not know how many were sent, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: In a conference call with reporters, Dave Voye, who manages the division that’s had to process a massive influx of vote-by-mail applications and ballots as voters look for an alternative to in-person voting amid COVID-19, said the department started to notice there was a problem with duplicate ballots at the end of April....