https://fox56.com/news/election/secretary-of-state-boockvar-determines-that-pennsylvania-will-not-recount-votes
Harrisburg, PA — Despite a host of legal challenges, the Pennsylvania Department of State provided an update on the status of ballot counting on Friday.
Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar says based on the unofficial returns submitted by all 67 counties, she would not order a recount as no candidate was defeated by one-half of one percent or less of the votes cast.
Boockvar said in a statement that 40,000 of the provisional ballots have been counted or partially counted. Approximately 100,000 provisional ballots had been issued to voters on Election Day for those whose voting eligibility could not be immediately determined.
Under state law, county boards of election must individually adjudicate each provisional ballot and assess whether they meet the standards for counting.
The counties do so by verifying the voter was registered to vote in the precinct in which the ballot was cast, and that the voter did not cast a mail-in ballot prior to requesting the provisional ballot at the polling place.
The Department also received 28,529 military and overseas ballots by the November 10 deadline. State Department spokesperson Wanda Murren said in an email that 34,491 ballots for military personnel and overseas citizens had been issued in Pennsylvania.
Approximately 10,000 mail-in ballots cast on or before Election Day were received between 8 p.m. on November 3 and 5 p.m. on November 6.
The State Supreme Court said in September that ballots postmarked by 8 p.m. on Election Day would have a three-day grace period for the voters' eligibility to be determined.