Politics & Government

Allegheny County Finalizing Presidential Vote Count

Here are the latest presidential election vote totals from Allegheny County.

Allegheny County Election Officials Continue Counting Ballots
Allegheny County Election Officials Continue Counting Ballots ( (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images))

PITTSBURGH, PA — Here is the latest on how the presidential vote count is transpiring in Allegheny County, according to county officials:

All provisional ballots that were unchallenged and could be counted in their entirety were opened, scanned and tabulated on Wednesday. The 8,097 votes bringing the total votes cast in Allegheny County to 717,733. A total of 14,969 votes were added to the totals Wednesday.

Of the 8,097 votes counted in the last batch, 4,345 were cast for President-elect Joe Biden and 3,579 were cast for President Donald Trump.

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In Allegheny County, Biden has 421,004 votes to Trump's 275,955. Statewide, Biden has 3,380,959 votes to Trump's 3,329,566.

Today, the last batches of the provisional ballots will be reviewed. The provisional ballots without challenge that can be partially counted will be created and scanned. The remaining overseas-military ballots will be created and scanned. Any provisional ballots in the last batches will also be scanned.

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