Politics & Government

Philadelphia City Commissioners Certify Election Results

Despite the Trump campaign's efforts to challenge votes in Philadelphia, the city's commissioners Monday certified the final vote count.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia's vote count has been certified.

On Monday, City Commissioners signed the certification of the 2020 general election results.

Commissioners Al Schmidt, Lisa Deeley, and Omar Sabir Monday night certified the final vote tally after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowed about 8,300 Philadelphia ballots challenged by the Trump campaign to be counted.

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With the votes certified, President-Elect Joe Biden won 81.21 percent of the vote with 604,175 total votes and President Donald Trump earned 17.86 percent of the vote with 132,870 total votes.

Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen got 4,854 votes, which accounts for 0.65 percent of the vote.

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As for write in votes, 2,067 ballots were cast, which makes up 0.28 percent of the vote.

In total, 743,966 votes were cast in the presidential election.

Overall, 749,317 ballots were counted in the 2020 election in Philadelphia.

Of those votes, 374,373 ballots were cast by mail and 359,952 ballots were cast at polling places.

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