The Fayette County Common Pleas Court was asked by the county elections director to put a halt to a precinct judge's plans for hand count of ballots.

ToplineA Pennsylvania judge shut down an election official’s effort to hand count ballots in his district Tuesday, as courts are weighing in on the ballot-counting process in the presidential election,

The US Supreme Court on Friday left in place a Pennsylvania court ruling that is expected to expand options for voters whose mail-in ballots are rejected for technical reasons to have their votes counted,

Here are some of the measures Pennsylvania counties take to secure ballots while they are transported from polling places to county facilities after polls close on Election Day.

A Pennsylvania court has extended voting in Cambria County from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday due to issues scanning ballots. The court order said all ballots past 8 p.m. will be cast as provisional ballots. The Cambria County Board of Elections said all completed ballots will be counted by the board.

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Pennsylvania voters to submit provisional ballots as a remedy for improperly cast absentee ballots in the presidential election.

A Washington Township Judge of Elections, Vincent Manetta, announced his intention to undertake an unauthorized hand audit of ballots cast for presidential candidates in his polling place.

Fayette County sheriff’s deputies will be on call in Fayette County to escort election officials responsible for taking ballots to the courthouse in Uniontown after polls close tonight. Common Pleas C