A woman fills out her ballot at Harrisburg's 6th Ward, located in the Susquehanna Art Museum, on June 2, 2020.
Kate Landis / PA Post
A woman fills out her ballot at Harrisburg's 6th Ward, located in the Susquehanna Art Museum, on June 2, 2020.
Kate Landis / PA Post
Be patient: Results of the Nov. 3 election in Pennsylvania, and across the country, likely won’t be known for days. Here’s how WITF’s newsroom will cover election night and beyond.
(Washington) — The pandemic has changed a lot about how we vote this year, including when we may find out who won.
It’s possible — because some rules have changed, and some haven’t — that Nov. 3 could come and go without a clear answer as to who the next president will be.
But despite what some people may claim, that in and of itself doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a problem.
In fact, official election results have never been completely tabulated and certified by the night of the election. The race results that flash across TV coverage on election night are actually projections made by media organizations based on early returns, exit polling and other data.
This year, those sorts of projections, as well as the unofficial tabulations from the states themselves, may take a little longer.
Here’s why.
Sometimes, your mornings are just too busy to catch the news beyond a headline or two. Don’t worry. The Morning Agenda has got your back. Each weekday morning, host Tim Lambert will keep you informed, amused, enlightened and up-to-date on what’s happening in central Pennsylvania and the rest of this great commonwealth.
The days of journalism’s one-way street of simply producing stories for the public have long been over. Now, it’s time to find better ways to interact with you and ensure we meet your high standards of what a credible media organization should be.