The Count Begins in Pennsylvania: “It’s Going to Be a Wild Ride”
Reporting inconsistencies, potential delays, and legal challenges could make vote-counting in the state chaotic. Photographer: Morgan Levy
Publisher: The New Yorker Format: Digital Date: 2020/11/03
article link photo editing, productionThe Republican-led state legislature refused to allow counties to begin opening or counting mail-in ballots until 7 A.M. on Election Day. Photograph by Morgan Levy for The New YorkerThe county’s new mail-extractor machines were purchased to speed up the vote count. Photograph by Morgan Levy for The New YorkerA shrink-wrapped collection of Chester County’s mail-in and absentee ballots. Photograph by Morgan Levy for The New YorkerThe machines can process up to a thousand ballots an hour. Photograph by Morgan Levy for The New Yorker