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Al Schmidt: “It takes time to count millions of ballots at the county…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 12:29

It'll be broken down by county and race and method of voting and that elections website is electionreturns page one word electionreturns.pa.gov and please remember it takes million It takes time to count millions of ballots at the county level, especially in Pennsylvania where they cannot begin processing mail in ballots until 7am on election morning. Dedicated county election officials will spend days making sure that this process is completed and that every eligible vote will be counted and counted correctly. (12:29–12:39)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania cannot begin processing mail-in ballots until 7am on election day.

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