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Al Schmidt: “Pennsylvania requires the county to wait until 7am on…”

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

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One on One With Pa. Secretary of the Commonwealth Nominee Al Schmidt

Published | Video Starts at 08:54

And that is simply allowing election administrators at the county level to begin processing mail in ballots in the lead up to election day and then count those votes on election day. Most other states do that. Pennsylvania doesn't. Pennsylvania requires the county to wait until 7am on election morning to begin processing the mail in ballot envelopes. at all. And I know this sounds obscure and I know it sounds mundane, but it's the reason why Pennsylvania has results reported later than so many other states. (08:54–09:03)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania law requires counties to start processing mail-in ballots at 7am on election day.

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