Pennsylvania elections officials say “a handful” of counties haven't fully reported results from this month’s election, at least in part because organized efforts to seek recounts are pending in court.
The recounts are not being pursued because races were close enough to trigger automatic recounts or by losing candidates who would have to pay for them.
Berks County government spokesperson Stephanie Weaver said the allegations involve 30 of the county's 202 precincts. Challenges in Westmoreland County held up certification in five of its 307 precincts, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported, over allegations voting machines were inaccurate and claims poll workers had mishandled mail-in ballots from people attempting to vote in person.
"If they do not bring forth allegations of particularized fraud or error — meaning not just general mistake, but this is a fraud, this is the specific error — if they are not going to specify that, then every precinct is required to be opened," Blair County elections lawyer Nathan Karn said in a phone interview Tuesday. He said the deadline to seek such a countywide recount has passed.
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