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The Philadelphia Inquirer

It took days for the 2020 election to be called because of slow Pa. mail ballot counting. It could happen again.

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It took days for the 2020 election to be called because of slow Pa. mail ballot counting.

County election officials have been petitioning state lawmakers to update the state’s election code for years .

After four years , state lawmakers are unlikely to make changes before Election Day .

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt called the legislative inaction “frustrating”.

Election officials will be dealing with many of the same logistical hurdles they faced in 2020 that caused mail ballots to be tallied after election night .

Fewer mail ballots are expected than 2020 when the pandemic spurred high rates of mail voting nationwide.

Election offices have had more time to adjust to Pennsylvania ’s no-excuse mail voting law.

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