Provisional ballots are meant to be fail-safe, but more are being rejected for reasons other than a voter’s eligibility

In a letter to the homeland security secretary, Al Schmidt cites the critical help local election officials have gotten from the cybersecurity agency.

Republican Dave McCormick led incumbent Democrat Bob Casey by 29,000 votes as of Wednesday, a gap of just 0.43%.

An analysis shows that Allegheny County is much faster at processing mail ballots than Philadelphia, likely because of differences in equipment and staffing.