The presidential candidates are done campaigning. Local candidates made their pitches. Now it’s the voters’ turn to speak.

Today is Election Day and TribLIVE reporters reported throughout the day from polling places around Western Pennsylvania, from Greensburg and Tarentum to Pittsburgh and the North Hills, and everywhere in between.

11:55 p.m. Poll workers still returning ballots hours after polls close

Returns from in-person voting at Westmoreland County’s 307 was slow going Tuesday.

At 11:30 p.m., the county had reported results from just 87 precincts, about 28% of the county. Those precincts represented, along with mail-in ballots reported, more than 114,000 ballots cast so far. There are 253,799 registered voters in the county.

Long lines of poll workers returning ballots from the precincts stretched around the park police desk near the front door of the courthouse as midnight approached, leaving elections officials scrambling to update results. In previous years, the county had reported results from most precincts by midnight.

Turnout could reach 80% this year, officials said.

10:30 p.m. 421 precincts reporting in Allegheny County

Allegheny County reported there have been more than 348,000 total mail-in and absentee ballots recorded as returned. Of those, more than 125,000 have been scanned.

Of the in-person voting, 421 of the county’s 1,323 precincts have been tallied, according to county spokeswoman Amie Downs.

~ Tom Davidson

9:40 p.m. Butler County reports machine issues

Butler County Commissioners Chairwoman Leslie Osche said ballot counting will continue until 11 p.m. this evening and will resume at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

The Butler County Board of Elections reported nearly 50% of the mail-in and absentee ballots returned have been counted, but due to mechanical issues with a ballot scanner, the process of counting votes is slower than anticipated. Osche said a technician was on site and a second scanner is expected to arrive in the morning.

Preliminary returns from today’s in-person voting will be posted on the county website as the precincts come in.

9 p.m. No major problems reporters at polls statewide

Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said there were only isolated problems at the polls and no significant issues reported during Tuesday election.

They also reiterated people to be patient as the votes are tallied.

“I encourage all of us to take a deep breath and be patient,” Wolf said. “I’m urging Pennsylvanians to be calm, stay patient and remain calm in the days ahead.”

The state is ready to defend any judicial challenges brought to halt the process before it is finished, Wolf said.

“We’re going to stand up to anybody who wants to silence the Pennsylvanians who voted,” Wolf said. “Free and fair elections are a bedrock of our democracy. Today, the people of Pennsylvania have spoken, and the vote of every Pennsylvanian will be counted.”

The process went “remarkably smoothly” given in was the first presidential election where voters were allowed to request a mail-in ballot without having an excuse that kept them from going to the polls, Boockvar said.

The few reports of confusion at the polls were isolated and the result of election workers and voters adapting to new voting procedures, Boockvar said.

~ Tom Davidson

8:55 p.m. Long day ends for Hempfield poll workers

After a hectic morning, voting closed out quietly Tuesday at Hempfield’s Maplewood precinct, with a lone voter casting a ballot in the final half hour before polls closed at 8 p.m. at Maplewood United Presbyterian Church.

“I just procrastinated,” said Gregory Keller, 44, who recently moved to the South Greensburg area.

He said it was important for him to get his vote counted. “I’m not happy with the way things have been going,” he said. “I was happy with the way things were four years ago.”

He expressed hope that, in the years to come, “all this (pandemic) stuff will be gone and we’ll have a better economy with more jobs.”

Keller cast the 759th ballot among the roughly 1,400 voters registered in the precinct.

According to Susan Fischer, the judge of elections, that’s about double the number of ballots that were cast in the presidential election four years ago.

“By far, it’s the most that we’ve ever had,” Fischer said.

The six Maplewood poll workers were barely able to keep up with the rush of voters in the morning.

“I didn’t get to eat my breakfast until 1,” said veteran poll worker Josephine Delligatti, 92, of Hempfield.

During the day, a few confused voters had to be directed to the opposite end of the church social room, where voting was simultaneously taking place in Hempfield’s neighboring Eastview precinct.

Compared to a normal turnout of up to 40%, the Eastview poll workers saw 361 voters show up, out of 731 registered.

9 p.m. Judge resolves battle over voter ID

A Crafton poll worker was hauled into election court late Tuesday for allegations that she defied a court order by refusing to allow a 35-year-old new voter from casting his ballot.

However, Kimberly Mack, who has served as an elections worker for 10 years, said she didn’t defy any court order. Instead, she was following the oath she signed that requires poll workers to check the identification of all first-time voters.

The problem began about 6:30 p.m., Mack said, when a first-time voter arrived at St. Matthew’s Church Hall on East Steuben Street without any form of identification and an unsigned voter registration card.

Mack said she asked the voter for any kind of ID — a student ID, driver’s license, library card — anything proving who he was.

During a brief hearing before Common Pleas Judge Lawrence O’Toole, Mack said the man refused to provide anything. So she offered him a provisional ballot twice.

“He said, ‘provisional ballots are fake,’” she recounted.

Judge O’Toole issued an order requiring the poll workers at Crafton Ward 2, District 1, to allow a person to “vote upon presentation of a voter identification card.”

But Mack said she did not believe an unsigned card was acceptable. Sheriff’s deputies were ordered to pick Mack up at the polling place and take her to a hearing before the judge.

O’Toole repeatedly asked Mack why she ignored his order.

She said she did not. Instead, she wanted clarification that an unsigned card counted.

An hour later, she continued, the man returned with the card signed. Eventually, he was permitted to vote.

Assistant County Solicitor George Janocsko told O’Toole that since the vote was recorded, he saw no reason to hold Mack in contempt.

But he said ignoring the court order, and “instead relying on some oath that [she] took, “was appalling.”

Mack, who is Black, said she would never work the polls again.

After the hearing she said she believed that there were two sets of rules — one for Black people and one for white people.

Mack believes the man purposely withheld identification to cause trouble.

— Paula Reed Ward

8:25 p.m. Allegheny County nears 100,000 mail-in ballots counted

County worked have scanned 95,998 ballots, with the first set of 65,000 added to the Elections Results page.

As of 8 p.m., the county recorded as received 347,670 of the 413,716 applications for mail-in and absentee ballots approved. This includes the emergency ballots that were applied for over the past week.

The number of mail-in ballots received will continue to increase as those received Tuesday are added to the total.

8 p.m. 3 polls in Westmoreland County remain open

Polls across Pennsylvania were to close at 8 p.m., though Westmoreland County officials said lines remained at several precincts as polls.

Commissioner Doug Chew said voters were still waiting to cast ballots at the Rostraver Fellsburg polling location, Unity Dennison and at the Strawpump Volunteer Fire Department in North Huntingdon. Anyone in line at those precincts and others after the polls closed will still be able to vote, officials said.

Election officials closed the sole drop-off ballot box at the courthouse in Greensburg promptly at 8 p.m.

7:45 p.m. Pittsburgh poll worker, accused of photographing ballots, in trouble again

A poll worker who was removed from Ascension Church on Ellsworth Avenue for photographing ballots — but permitted to return after she promised a judge she’d stop it — is in trouble again.

Brittany Acosta was accused again Tuesday evening of photographing ballots just before 7 p.m. — just three hours after she assured Judge Jack McVay she would follow the rules he set for her.

Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies were on the way to remove her after additional complaints were made against her.

She was initially reported by fellow poll workers in the early afternoon, and sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to remove her at 1:30.

Acosta showed up at Election Court Downtown on her own, wearing a CNN Fake News mask, about an hour later to plead her case to be returned to her post.

McVay ordered her to follow all requirements of poll workers and forbade her from photographing any ballots or engaging in any disruptive behavior.

Included in his order, McVay told Acosta that if the elections judge requested her phone, she was required to relinquish it.

~ Paula Reed Ward

7 p.m. 20K ballots didn’t have bar codes in Allegheny County

About 20,000 mail-in ballots did not have bar codes and are being manually entered and checked in, Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said.

As of 6:40 p.m., the county had scanned 82,716 ballots. Within an hour or two, Downs said, most of the mail-in ballots will have been separated from the secrecy envelopes.

6:40 p.m. 2 women kicked out of North Huntingdon polling place, police report filed

Two women were asked to leave a North Huntingdon polling place Tuesday morning after they claimed to be poll workers and started looking through envelopes, officials said. According to Constable Jeff West, the women showed up at the Circleville Fire Hall identifying themselves as poll workers and saying they were there to help. The women left but returned around 10:30 a.m.

The women walked past the poll workers to a table with paperwork and started looking through it, said Vanda West, deputy constable. Jeff West said one woman pulled out a cellphone and was “I believe taking pictures.”

The judge of elections asked the women to provide paperwork identifying them as poll workers. The women, instead, provided a card that had a number for Election Protection, a national, nonpartisan group that works to ensure people have an equal opportunity to vote and that their vote counts.

Megan Tomasic | Tribune-Review A sign promoting Election Protection, a national group that works to ensure people have an opportunity to vote and that their vote counts, is posted outside the North Huntingdon Township Townhouse on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.  

Jeff West called the Westmoreland County Election Bureau, which reported the women were not verified poll workers. At that point, the judge of elections told them to leave.

After reporting to various polling places across the township, Jeff West said he learned the women went to the North Huntingdon Townhouse, where they told the judge of elections “how she needs to be doing her job.” Jeff West noted that he was not present for that incident.

Two different people sporting Election Protection shirts also showed up at the Penns Woods Civic Association but did not cause any issues, Vanda West said.

A report was filed by North Huntingdon police.

~ Megan Tomasic

6 p.m. Heavy turnout in Lower, Upper Burrell as voters cite concerns about casting ballots by mail

Voter turnout was heavy at the Church of God in Lower Burrell, where some people waited for 45 minutes early in the morning, and the Upper Burrell municipal building.

Turnout was estimated to be as high as 80% by one election official in Upper Burrell who declined to identify himself.

For voters who chose to vote in person, they said they were there to ensure their vote was counted.

“I don’t trust the mail-in voting,” said Nicole Lang, 37, of Upper Burrell, who wore a cloth Trump face mask to vote at the Upper Burrell municipal building.

Another Upper Burrell voter, Scott Brown, 47, who also voted for Trump, decided to vote in person because he said he wanted to be sure his vote would be counted.

“Here, only one person can touch the ballot,” Brown said. “With a mail-in ballot, 10 different people may touch it.”

In Lower Burrell, Nancy Romano, 71, visited the Church of God to cast her vote “mainly because of the uncertainty of mail-in ballots not being counted.”

Kimberly Baker, 43, visited her Lower Burrell polling place to make a statement about the importance, and safety, of voting.

“I’m here in person to show you don’t have to be scared to be out,” she said.

~ Mary Ann Thomas

6:05 p.m. In Bon Air, an empty building comes to life with voters

In Pittsburgh’s Bon Air neighborhood on the southern edge of the city, people vote in a building that once housed Bon Air Elementary School and later an early childhood center.

The building sits empty nearly every other day of the year, but this morning it was full of activity as a steady stream of people came in to vote. One of them was Tyler Droney, 32, of Bon Air, who said he always votes in person and has concerns about mail-in voting.

“I trust the system much more in person,” said Droney, a Donald Trump supporter. “I just like the physical presence.”

Droney said he feels Trump deserves another four years. “I hope to see him keep doing what he’s doing and keep to his policies,” said Droney.

Andrew Lucas, 23, and Molly McGill-Lucas, 23, of Bon Air, voted in person together.

“Part of it was just procrastination,” said Andrew Lucas. “We also want to make sure our votes get counted, and it’s nice to have that immediate feedback.”

Molly McGill-Lucas had a mail-in ballot, but brought to be voided by elections officials and then vote in person.

“Just making sure the vote was counted and not having to try and mail it today to get it where it needed to be by Friday, which is the deadline here in Pennsylvania,” said McGill-Lucas. Both she and her husband declined to say who they voted for. “So, it was really just making sure that instead of trying to rely on the mail, which I do for other things, that I was here in person to make sure the vote counts.”

By afternoon, voter traffic at the elementary school building had eased considerably.

Harold Marks, 72, of Bon Air, voted in person because he said he sent in for a ballot during the primary election and never received it. “I didn’t want to take a chance on not getting this one,” said Marks, who voted for Trump. “I’d like to see the economy return to what it was before the coronavirus showed up.”

Linda Sicker, 67, of Bon Air said, like Marks, she requested a mail-in ballot and never received it. She said she voted for Joe Biden.

“I’m tired of Donald Trump and the way he handled the virus, in particular, and I think we need somebody new,” Sicker said.

In Downtown Pittsburgh, there was a long line of voters doing their best to social distance while waiting to get into Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to cast their ballots. University of Pittsburgh student Sam Hanks, 19, a California native who lives Downtown, was voting in his first presidential election.

People doing their best to social distance while waiting in a long line to vote at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Downtown. pic.twitter.com/3ekSCPxPW0

— Paul Guggenheimer (@PGuggenheimer) November 3, 2020

“I didn’t want to (mail) in a ballot. There was a certain kind of joy standing in front of a ballot and participating in a system that, at least in my opinion, is pretty cool,” said Hanks. “I took a real pride in it today.”

Hanks said he voted for Biden for many reasons. “Economic, social, political, but I don’t think I could boil it down to one thing.”

Ernest Hemingway, 53, of Downtown, said he didn’t mind waiting in a long line to vote.

“I feel it’s my civil duty to come down here and vote. I’d rather come in person to do it,” said Hemingway, who also voted for Biden. “The racial tension is terrible here, so I hope to see that change and changes with the police.”

~ Paul Guggenheimer

5:55 p.m. Poll worker accused of disruption allowed to return by Election Court judge

A poll worker at the Church of Ascension polling place on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside was allowed to return to her post after she was accused of photographing and video recording voters’ ballots

Brittany Acosta was reported by fellow poll workers, and sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to remove her at 1:30 p.m. Acosta showed up at Election Court Downtown on her own about an hour later to plead her case to be returned to her post.

She spoke — wearing a “CNN Fake News” mask — to Judge Jack McVay and was ultimately allowed to resume her status as a poll worker. McVay ordered her to follow all requirements of poll workers, underlining that she is not allowed to photograph any ballots or engage in any disruptive behavior.

McVay also told Acosta that if the elections judge requested her phone and its camera, she was required to relinquish it.

~ Paula Ward

5:50 p.m. Early technical issues cleared up in Unity

One of six voting machines in Unity’s Whitney precinct jammed Tuesday morning with the second ballot that was being processed. It took about 40 minutes for a technician to respond and clear the problem, according to Bill Walker, the judge of elections.

A morning wait of about 25 minutes for those seeking to cast their ballots was reduced to less than five minutes by mid-afternoon, he said.

Five poll workers were on hand Tuesday at the Whitney precinct, up from just two working the spring primary.

“I requested as many as they could give me, and they did,” Walker said.

By about 3:30 p.m., 692 of the precinct’s 1,614 registered voters had cast ballots. That was more than double the total turnout in the spring primary.

“This has been overwhelming,” Walker said of the voter response. “I’m happy to see it.”

~ Jeff Himler

5:45 p.m. Afternoon turnout light in Homewood

Poll workers at the YWCA on Frankstown Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood said turnout was steady Tuesday morning, but by late afternoon it had slowed to a trickle.

Karen Gilliam, 71, was fearful of the outcome if Donald Trump is re-elected. Gilliam questioned the way the pandemic’s been handled and the future for Blacks if Trump remains in office.

That’s why she supported Joe Biden and was hopeful for his election.

This is Karen Gilliam outside the polls at the YWCA on Frankstown Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/0vO0cwQ4tT

— Tom Davidson (@TribDavidson) November 3, 2020

The outcome is in the hands of a higher power, said Melissa Campbell, 53, also of Homewood. She views voting as a civic duty and said regardless of an outcome of the election, people need to work together.

Melissa Campbell, 53, voted in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood because it’s her civic duty, she said. pic.twitter.com/srADxgVU9C

— Tom Davidson (@TribDavidson) November 3, 2020

~ Tom Davidson

5 p.m. 2 poll watchers accused of intimidation

A court order was issued to remove two poll watchers in Penn Hills for alleged voter intimidation, according to Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs.

The poll watchers, who were at the Penn Hills 02-03 and 02-04, “vehemently denied any wrongdoing,” Downs said.

Two election judges at the polling place at Hebron United Presbyterian Church off Frankstown Road said someone had called the county Elections Division to complain.

One of the poll watchers, a man, left before sheriff’s deputies arrived, while the other poll watcher, a woman, had to be escorted out by the deputies.

“All day we had to watch her,” said one of the judges, who declined to provide their name.

One of the judges had to speak with the woman at least three times about her mask usage alone.

The judges said they did not know who the two poll watchers were, and that other poll watchers at their location behaved appropriately and did not interact with voters.

A poll worker from a location on Ellsworth Avenue in Pittsburgh who was removed earlier in the day was permitted to return, Downs said.

Two others, however, elsewhere in Pittsburgh were removed for fighting, she said, noting it was unclear whether the fight was verbal or physical. She said they left before sheriff’s deputies arrived.

At 5 p.m., around 2,000 ballots had been delivered to the Elections Division warehouse on Pittsburgh’s North Side from the County Office Building in Downtown, Downs said.

As of about 4:45 p.m., she said, just under 60,000 ballots had been counted.

~ Megan Guza and Mike DiVittorio

4:40 p.m. First-time voter at age 74

James Evaskovich of Tarentum is 74 years old.

Tuesday marked the first time he voted. He chose Joe Biden.

“We’ve had four years of Trump and we haven’t had a lot of things done that were supposed to be done,” he said, outside of the Tarentum Borough Building. “I just don’t like the way things are going right now. With this corona and his denial of it and going against the higher-up doctors who know what they’re talking about.”

James Evaskovich, 74, is a first-time voter in Tarentum. pic.twitter.com/LkLTotKzoc

— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) November 3, 2020

Franceso Zingrone, of New Kensington, said Tuesday marked the first time he’s voted since he voted for Ronald Reagan. He stuck with President Trump.

“You leave it up to me, I don’t care to vote,” he said. “I didn’t want to see what’s-his-name get in there. I want to see Trump do his thing, what he’s supposed to do for this country.”

~ Brian C. Rittmeyer

4:00 p.m. Westmoreland County sorts through early issues

Voters who arrived at some Westmoreland County precincts Tuesday morning to surrender their mail-in ballots and instead vote in person were erroneously required to cast provisional ballots, according to county officials.

County commissioners, during an update Tuesday afternoon, said some local judges of elections struggled with interpretations of Pennsylvania’s new voting laws that allows for mail-in ballots brought to the polls be surrendered and voided, a move that permits voters cast traditional ballots on voting machines.

“To our knowledge, all of those issues have been resolved,” said Commissioner Gina Cerilli.

Commissioners said they don’t know how many voters were impacted but said those provisional ballots will be counted.

County elections officials said many of the Westmoreland’s 307 precincts had substantial lines early Tuesday but no other major issues were reported.

Commissioners said turnout could reach as high as 80 to 85% in Westmoreland County.

The county sent out more than 76,000 mail-in ballots to voters this fall. As of Monday, more than 58,000 had been returned and voters continued to come to the courthouse Tuesday to turn in completed ballots at the last remaining drop box location. The drop box will remained open Tuesday until 8 p.m.

The counting of mail-in ballots started at 7 a.m., and, after a slow start, picked up throughout the morning and afternoon.

Teams of about 40 workers were going through the ballots, checking eligibility and running them through digital scanners. Early vote totals will be released tonight along with the first returns from in-person voting at the precincts.

“What was holding us up is what is happening in our HR office, where we’re checking names on the ballots. That’s taking the majority of time. We’re double and triple checking the names,” said Commissioner Sean Kertes.

Commissioners declined to say how many mail-in ballots had been counted. Ballots are being counted in alphabetical order by precincts. As of 3:30 p.m. ballots from voters in Greensburg and Hempfield precincts were being counted.

The tabulation of mail-in ballots is expected to continue through at least midnight, when a decision will be made to halt the process until morning or to keep counting.

— Rich Cholodofsky

3:45 p.m. Free chicken sandwiches after long morning lines

At Dilworth Traditional Academy in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood, Ross Tedder and Robin Jackson represented One PA outside the polling place, offering information and directions inside and pointing those coming out toward the food truck across the street.

Jackson said the day so far had been peaceful, and voters had been kind. She said the flow of voters into the polling place had been relatively steady after some moderate lines early on.

Ross Tedder was with One PA outside of Dilworth Traditional Academy in East Liberty. He voted early, and here’s what he’d like to see in the next four years. pic.twitter.com/2KyHVDZX7A

— Megan Guza (@meganguzaTrib) November 3, 2020

Tedder said that was the usual morning rush, and all things considered, the day was going well.

He said he voted early, and he wants the next four years to bring back a baseline.

“I feel like Trump being in office these past four years, even just on a cultural level, has done a lot of damage,” said Tedder, of Wilkinsburg.

“No matter who wins tonight, we have a lot of work to do,” he said. “I’ll be honest, I voted for Joe Biden. I wasn’t excited about it necessarily. I did it, but either way, we have some work to do. There are people who are still suffering. Black and brown people go through a lot every single day. Trans people go through it every single day. Women go through it every single day. So we’re going to have to organize and we’re going to have to fight no matter what.

“I just want to see us get back to a place where Nazis aren’t comfortable being out in the open,” he said.

~Megan Guza

3:15 p.m. Elections judge’s car stolen; Pittsburgh poll worker removed

A poll worker was removed from a polling location on Ellsworth Avenue for allegedly “causing a disturbance (and) taking pictures and video of polling place activities,” according to Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs. The poll worker, who was ordered removed by the Elections Court, was also looking at voters’ ballots before scanning them, she said.

As of about 3 p.m., nearly 44,000 ballots had been scanned at the county’s warehouse. The first shift of employees were leaving, to be replaced by a second shift of around 200.

Downs also said one of the locations unable to open on time Tuesday morning – St. Benedict’s School in the city’s Hill District — was the result of the Judge of Elections’s car being stolen.

Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Kraus said the Oakland woman reported the theft about 8 p.m. Monday and noted the poll box was in the car when it was stolen.

The polling location was able to open to voters, albeit slightly late.

Deputies were in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood around 10 a.m. when they spotted the stolen vehicle drive past near the intersection of Matthews and Bausman streets, Kraus said. A short chase ensued, and five people eventually bailed out of the car and took off.

Four of the five were caught, and authorities discovered the Judge of Elections’ niece stole the car.

The poll box wasn’t in the car, though it was later found intact in a bush in McKees Rocks, Kraus said. The niece was charged with two counts of theft – one for the car and one for the poll box, along with conspiracy and tampering with evidence.

The juvenile who was driving the car was charged with conspiracy, fleeing police, tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property. Two other juveniles weren’t charged.

~ Megan Guza

3 p.m. Steady line at Trinity in Downtown Pittsburgh

There was a steady line of about 65 people waiting outside Trinity Episcopal Church on Oliver Avenue Downtown Tuesday afternoon.

The wait to get inside to vote was between 90 minutes and 2-1/2 hours.

Still, no one was complaining as a Democracy is Delicious food truck was stationed on the street, passing out bottles of water, macaroni and chicken salad. There was also pizza and hand warmers.

At Trinity Episcopal Church on Oliver Avenue Downtown, the wait to vote is about two hours still. pic.twitter.com/36Ox7oXtuT

— Paula Reed Ward (@PaulaReedWard) November 3, 2020

Paul Csady, who recently moved to the area from New York, waited two hours and 15 minutes.

“Once you get in there,” he snapped his fingers, “it was like that.”

Csady said he expected a line, and his feelings about it “in this particular election? elation.”

Jean Brothers waited about two hours to get inside the church to vote.

“I don’t usually vote,” she said.

This year is different.

“It’s so important to get your vote out,” Brother said. “The community is divided. There’s so much hate. We need to get things back together.”

~ Paula Reed Ward

2:55 p.m. Ballot processing room getting busy in Westmoreland

Activity in the mail-in ballot processing room at the Westmoreland courthouse has picked up considerably in the past 90 minutes. Workers steadily opened ballots and moved them down an assembly line to be counted while two poll watchers observed. The ballots were being processed in alphabetical order by municipality. Ballots from a Hempfield precinct were being processed at 2:40 p.m.

County Commissioner Sean Kertes said a count of the number of mail-in ballots tabulated will not be available until 8 p.m.

~ Renatta Signorini

1:45 p.m. Broken voting machine

One of four voting machines broke down this morning at Valley High School in New Kensington.

The machine was repaired and back in use by late morning. Elections Judge Mike LaRussa reported a record voter turnout.

New Kensington native Erik Woodward, 63, said he voted for Joe Biden because he feels “threatened” by President Trump as a Black man.

“The attitude of our present administration is totally out of touch, and I’m a Reagan Republican,” Woodward said. “But I pulled a Democratic ticket.”

LaRussa said he accepted more than a dozen surrendered paper mail-in ballots from voters, who then voted on the machine.

Cathy Festa, 78, said the rights of the unborn is her primary political issue and why never misses an opportunity to vote.

“I want them to remember the babies,” said Festa, who declined to say which candidate earned her vote.

~ Joyce Hanz

1:30 p.m. Getting it done in person

Krystal Fowler said she has been feeling under the weather lately. But there was nothing that was going to keep her from showing up to vote in person at Bon Air Early Childhood Center this afternoon.

“I wanted to make sure it got done,” said Fowler, 36, of Pittsburgh’s Bon Air neighborhood “There were a lot of rumors about things happening, things being thrown away. So, as long as I see that I did it and I turned it in then I’m good.”

Fowler said she voted straight Democratic starting with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket for president and vice-president.

As for what she’s hoping to see in the next four years – “Honestly, I’m just looking for people to be more kind to each other. And more professionalism,” she said.

Krystal Fowler, 36, insisted on voting in person today in Bon Air. pic.twitter.com/7N3h8QLIoA

— Paul Guggenheimer (@PGuggenheimer) November 3, 2020

~ Paul Guggenheimer

1:20 p.m. Hoping for peace

In Greenfield, 15th Ward Democratic Chairman Michael Bartley said at 6:30 a.m. turnout was steady all morning. Bartley, who represents 19 polling places from a part of Squirrel Hill, Greenfield, Hazelwood, Glen Hazel and Glenwood said despite all the mail-in ballots that turnout in the East End of Pittsburgh is “as heavy as it gets” and he looks for Allegheny County to set a record response.

Taylor Kranak of Greenfield said she was voting for peace and happiness.

Andrea Torkos of Greenfield, who works for Quest Diagnostics, said she would like to see affordable health care for all.

“Something has got to give,” she said. “My hope is that both sides can come together for the good of the country.”

~ JoAnne Klimovich Harrop

1:05 p.m. Processing mail-in ballots in Westmoreland

Mail in ballots from Derry Township were being processed at the Westmoreland County courthouse around 1 p.m. Ballots are being processed in alphabetical order by municipality.

A steady stream of voters has been in and out of the courthouse through the morning and early afternoon, dropping off their mail in ballots in the courthouse lobby. Other voters have been requesting mail ballots from the elections bureau, with a few filling them out and turning them in before leaving.

~ Renatta Signorini

12:55 p.m. The scene at election court

Allegheny County Election Court, often the scene of heated arguments between Republicans and Democrats looking to protect the process, has been remarkably quiet so far today.

Outside of a handful of discussions about voters being asked to vote provisionally because their names weren’t on their polling place registration lists, the judges presiding in the seventh-floor jury assignment room didn’t have much to do.

Judge Jack McVay took over the bench around noon, replacing Senior Judge Joseph James, who presided over the morning session.

About 12:45 p.m., McVay invited the attorneys and staff in the room to the front to partake in Triangle Bar and Grill hoagies.

~ Paula Reed Ward

12:45 p.m. First-time voter

In Pittsburgh’s Bon Air neighborhood, Sophia Catanzaro, 18, cast her first ballot ever. She chose to vote in person.

“I just felt like it would be safer to vote in person,” she said outside of the neighborhood polling place.

She said she grew up watching her mom vote in person and wanted to follow in her footsteps.

Sophia Catanzaro, 18, Bon Air, voted for the first time today and said she wanted to do it in person. pic.twitter.com/QXV5L9gqwe

— Paul Guggenheimer (@PGuggenheimer) November 3, 2020

~ Paul Guggenheimer

11:50 a.m. More than 80% of mail-in ballots returned

As of early Tuesday morning, 81% of Pennsylvania voters who requested a mail-in or absentee ballot had returned their ballot, according to Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar. That’s about 2.5 million out of the nearly 3.1 million applications for mail-in ballots approved.

For context, she said, about 70 to 80% of absentee and mail-in voters have historically returned their ballots. She also noted that there are likely a “fair number of voters who requested a ballot just in case to protect that option but will show up in person.”

Boockvar gave a party breakdown of the votes returned but cautioned not to read too much into them:

Democratic voter ballots returned: 1.64 million

Republican voter ballots returned: 586,336

Other voter ballots returned: 278,393

~ Megan Guza

11:35 a.m. Free food for voters at PPG Paints Arena

Outside the Highmark Gate at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown, Tim Schneider of Big Black Grill food truck based in New Stanton cooked up scrambled eggs, home fries, bacon and cheese for everyone. Nonpartisan food, indeed.

“We are here for everyone,” said Schneider, who partnered with World Central Kitchen for Chefs For The Polls to feed voters for free. “There are long lines and people have to wait so we don’t want them to be hungry.”

Free food at the polls ... for Chefs For The Polls... PPG Paints Arena ⁦@PPGPaintsArena⁩ pic.twitter.com/Er58yEYqkN

— JoAnne Harrop (@joannescoop) November 3, 2020

He planned to switch the meal at noon to pork sandwiches and french fries.

Voters also were treated to hot chocolate or coffee from Pittsburgh Barbecue Company with locations in Banksville and Delmont. Volunteers Korey Schmidt, 15, of Saltsburg and Alexis Ashley, 24, of McKeesport said they were happy to do something to support voters. They had also served hot drinks at several polling places in Oakland.

It was the first time to vote for Abby Yoder, 18, of Allentown, a Point Park University journalism major. When asked about her hope for the country’s future, she said:

“I am from the Philadelphia area so my hope is peace and safety,” she said. “Seeing the mess right now in Philly is concerning. I don’t want to be scared being in my home city.”

~ JoAnne Klimovich Harrop

11:30 a.m. Allegheny County begins scanning ballots

At least 9,000 ballots in Allegheny County have been scanned, according to county spokeswoman Amie Downs.

She said ballots received via mail Monday and Tuesday morning are being checked in and processed, and all ballots are now somewhere in the recording and tabulating process.

There are, however, two exceptions, she said, with one being ballots returned by the voters who initially received the wrong ballot. Those will be processed manually, she said. The other category of ballots already being processed are those identified Tuesday as “needed resolution.” Those will be “reviewed by a team of elections officials in consultation with the Law Department about further steps.”

~ Megan Guza

11:25 a.m. Trading in mail-in ballots to vote in person in Westmoreland County

All of the judges of election in Westmoreland County are being reminded of the process to allow voters to bring their mail-in ballots with them and vote in person instead, after issues arose with that process, said Commissioner Sean Kertes.

“There have been judges of election that have not allowed individuals to vote on machines and sign a declaration to vote in person,” he said.

It was unclear how many voters that impacted or what precincts. The county solicitor’s office is calling all of the judges of election, he said.

Voters can bring their entire mail-in ballot, including all of the envelopes, with them to their polling place and sign a declaration that allows them to vote on a machine in person instead, he said.

“They have to have everything that came in the mail,” he said.

~ Renatta Signorini

11 a.m. ‘Grown men acting like children’

Leechburg-area voters were met with unprecedented long lines at West Leechburg, Gilpin and Leechburg precincts.

Many residents stressed voting in-person was a priority.

“I don’t trust the mail-in ballot system,” said Gilpin resident David Pochiba, 51. “There’s been too much negative investigations and findings with throwaway ballots.”

Pochiba said he voted for Trump again because he is happy with the current state of the economy.

“I’m voting for jobs,” Pochiba said.

Ron and Sylvia Ravotti, both in their 80s, stood for more than 30 minutes in line in Gilpin to cast their ballots for President Trump, noting in-person voting was a must.

“It’s what we always do,” Ron Ravotti said. “We are voting for old American values and want peace in the communities.”

Allen Edwards went to the polls in Leechburg and experienced “record voting lines.” He said cast his vote (by write-in) for third-party candidate Brian Carroll.

“I’m too liberal for Republicans and too conservative for Democrats,” Edwards said after voting. “I was surprised by the long lines with all of the early voting but it was fantastic to take my two young children with me to vote.”

Mike Warcholak, judge of elections in West Leechburg, said the voting process was “busier than 2016 — and that was busy” Tuesday morning while supervising voters to make sure masks were being worn and social distancing practices was being followed.

“We had people lined up before we even opened the polls this morning,” Warcholak said.

~ Joyce Hanz

10:45 a.m. Processing mail-in ballots in Westmoreland County

The processing of Westmoreland voters’ mail-in ballots is underway with two assembly lines of seven or eight people in a room at the county courthouse. Around 10:15 a.m., ballots from Allegheny Township voters were being processed.

The process is tedious. One person starts the line by running the envelopes through a machine to open them. Two more people remove the inner secrecy envelope and pass it to another person who runs that envelope through another machine to open it.

A final group removes the ballots from the secrecy envelopes and flattens them. Workers at four stations scan the ballots while a few poll watchers observe the process.

As of 10:05 a.m., one of the assembly lines had processed 400 ballots.

There are two boxes where ballots that don’t meet the requirements are being stored in the room where processing is happening. A few ballots have been placed in both boxes throughout the morning. One box is for ballots that were not placed in the secrecy envelope. The other is for ballots that had markings on the secrecy envelope.

Voters have been coming through the lobby regularly to drop off mail in ballots or pick one up from the elections bureau.

~ Renatta Signorini

10:35 a.m. Long line in Allegheny Township

A long line accumulated outside the Allegheny Township Community Building, with cars parked all along the long drive and in the grass. There were many Trump hats, flags and signs — as well as masks and some face shields.

Voters said despite the crowded appearance, their wait times were only a few minutes — the building hosted voters from two different wards in different rooms.

Jason Hessom, 21, held a Make America Great Again sign outside the building — he’s been there since 6 a.m. As voters passed him, many nodded to him or chanted “Trump 2020” in solidarity. Hessom said he’s gotten that all morning — a lot of Trump support. He is confident in the so-called “red wave.”

“I certainly feel that a vote for Trump is a vote for America, and a vote to keep us free,” he said.

“(But) whoever we vote for, we’re all Americans,” he added.

Hessom said he’s volunteered as a poll worker before and felt more secure voting in-person. He’s concerned about the state’s ability to count all the mail ballots in a timely fashion, but overall he said he has faith in the system.

The polling place is only getting more crowded through the day, he said: “I’ve seen nothing like this.”

Casie Mundt,39, said she voted for Donald Trump because of her conservative values and his stance on the economy. She came in-person because she felt more comfortable given the rumors surrounding mail ballots getting lost.

“I have a lot of faith in him and I think the next four years, if he gets elected, is going to bring a lot for the economy and also for the unborn child.”

~ Teghan Simonton

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— Teghan Simonton (@teghan_simonton) November 3, 2020

10:25 a.m. 2-hour wait in Ohio Township

Allegheny County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kevin Kraus thought he’d get in and out of his Ohio Township polling place early Tuesday.

He got in line at 7 a.m. and promptly waited 2 hours 20 minutes to cast his vote.

“I went because I didn’t want to wait into the day, and then get tied up at work and not be able to vote,” he said.

Kraus guessed there were 150 to 200 people wrapped around the Ohio Township Volunteer Fire Department building on Roosevelt Road when he arrived. He’s never had to wait longer than 15 minutes before — even during the 2016 presidential race.

There were about 10 voter stalls inside the building, he said.

“I prefer to vote in person,” Kraus said. “I enjoy voting, as corny as that sounds.”

Everyone was orderly and mostly quiet.

“They were freezing,” he said. “It didn’t seem tense at all. They seemed serious about casting a vote.”

~ Paula Reed Ward

10:15 a.m. Mail-in ballot concerns

At a polling place inside Kiski Area School District Central Office, Ed Wilkosz, 70, said he was very concerned about the security of mail ballots, believing they could be manipulated by partisan actors. (This is a claim without evidence, as mail ballots function roughly the same as absentee ballots do every year).

“Whichever party wants to play games, they can eliminate a lot of the competition,” he said.

Adam Miller, 27, also shared concern about the mail ballot system, saying he voted in-person because he feared his ballot could get lost in the mail.

~ Teghan Simonton

10 a.m. Thousands of Allegheny County mail-in ballots being processed

Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said in an update shortly after 9:30 a.m. that 80% of the ballots at the county’s warehouse are “at some stage of the pre-canvassing process.” About 105,000 have had the first outer envelope opened, and around 10,000 have been taken from the secrecy envelope. Those ballots are being flattened and scanned.

Downs said the three polling places initially delayed in opening are all now open and operating. Any reports of voting machine issues have been addressed, she said, and most of them were attributed to user error.

~ Megan Guza

9:55 a.m. Filling out a provisional ballot

In Scott Township at St. Stephen Lutheran Church, the line started to form at 6:30 a.m. and the initial wait was 45 minutes to an hour. By 8 a.m. the wait was about 20 minutes.

John Meyer, of Scott, brought his mother Andrea to vote. She had called about the mail-in ballot she applied for but never received. The polling place had her receiving one so she had to fill out a provisional ballot. John Meyer said he has some concerns with mail-in ballots being lost and not being counted.

“I called a million people, but I never got my ballot,” his mother said. “I am glad they let me vote.”

Health care worker Lynne Cipriani of Scott arrived after her night shift. She said she is hoping for “honesty” with this election. She said she has a concern for health care workers.

“Health care is so important,” she said. “People with pre-existing conditions need to have quality health care options available to them. We need a leader who abides by the rules and who has respect for people.”

~ Joanne Klimovich Harrop

9:45 a.m. No line in Highland Park

Voters moved in and out of Dilworth Elementary School in Highland Park without a wait at 9:40 a.m.

One voter said the entire process took about five minutes.

~ Ben Schmitt

Courtesy of Jerry Schmitt There was no line at all mid-morning Tuesday at Dilworth Elementary in Highland Park.  

9:30 a.m. Line in West Deer

A decent line had formed at the West Deer Center in the Country, a senior citizens center, off Route 910 by 8:30 a.m.

Yeliz Sozeri Brinker and her husband Jeffrey Brinker were among the people who showed up to vote. They recently moved to West Deer from Pittsburgh’s Mexican War Streets on the North Side.

The couple said it took them about an hour to vote — quite the time difference from their previous polling location where it took them five minutes at the most. They also used machines when voting before. The West Deer polling location uses paper ballots.

“This was a big change,” Sozeri Brinker said.

The couple had requested mail in ballots, but their congressional district changed when they moved. That’s why they voted in person.

They think the reason for the large turnout had to do with the differences between the two candidates and people wanting to make sure their vote counts. Once they got inside to vote, everything went smooth.

“I think people just feel most comfortable with an in person vote,” Brinker said.

John Rozborski and his wife Gesa Wellenstein waited for a little more than an hour to vote.

They said voting itself didn’t take very long — it was just that there were lot of people in line.

Using paper ballots didn’t really cause much of a delay, they said. They said poll workers began checking them in before they even got to the front of the line.

“It’s really well organized I think,” said Wellenstein.

This was the couple’s first time voting in the precinct. Because of that, they couldn’t definitively say if it was busier than previous years. But it felt like it was, they said.

They said they voted in person to avoid potential mail fraud and make sure their votes counted. Both voted for Trump.

“Yay Trump!” Rozborski exclaimed after casting his vote.

Wellenstein said her hope for the next four years is to see people working together and for there to be less anger and aggression.

“I would prefer more cooperation between everybody,” Wellenstein said.

~ Madasyn Lee

9:15 a.m. Steady flow in Vandergrift

There was a steady flow of voters at St. Gertrude Hall in Vandergrift, where volunteers passing out literature said they saw between 75 and 100 people before 8:30 a.m. a few voters said it was as crowded — or more crowded — than its ever been.

Leonard Morris, 53, said he applied for a mail ballot but never received it — an issue for many in Westmoreland County. He voted for Joe Biden using a provisional ballot.

“We need a big change,” he said on his presidential choice. “We need peace, that’s all.”

Laura Lloyd, 55, said she voted in person because she doesn’t trust the security of mail ballots, and she was able to come in person anyway. She voted for Donald Trump.

When asked about her hopes for the next four years, Lloyd said, “that we continue to prosper and be respected in the world as we are right now.”

Douglas Bruce, 61, said he voted all Democrat for “too many reasons to list.” He voted in-person due to concerns about the state’s likely lags in counting the results. His wife mailed in a ballot for health reasons, he said, but he “didn’t want to take a chance.”

~ Teghan Simonton

There was a delay Monday night in the double checking of mail in ballots in Westmoreland County, which meant employees needed to handle that Tuesday morning before scanning could begin, said Commissioner Sean Kertes.

“We want to make sure every ballot has been ‘binked’ in,” he said, using a term related to the processing of mail in ballots.

The county has received nearly 52,000 mail in ballots that need to be processed, he said.

Still, polling places are seeing large amounts of voters.

“We’re seeing long lines at the polls, which is a positive for us for the new voting machines,” he said.

This is the first general election for the new touchscreen machines in the county. Voters use the screen to cast their ballots which then print out on a piece of paper. The ballot is then inserted into a scanner. Some precincts experienced minor issues with the scanner jamming, Kertes said.

Poll workers cleared the jam and voting continued.

~ Renatta Signorini

As the Westmoreland county courthouse opened at 8:30 a.m., about 15 people slid their mail in ballots into the collection box in the courthouse lobby.

Scanning of mail in ballots had yet to start at 9 a.m. About 20 people were ready to start scanning in a large meeting room at the courthouse. Employees were in a different room cross-referencing the ballots received to a list of names for people who had requested them. Once a group of those are verified, the scanners will get started.

~ Renatta Signorini

8:10 a.m. 3 locations not open in Allegheny County

Three election districts have not opened yet in Allegheny County, according to spokeswoman Amie Downs. Officials are at the sites and are working to get them open.

The locations are: Monroeville 1-1, McKeesport 12-1 and Pittsburgh 5-5.

Downs also said that at the warehouse, approximately 25% of ballots are at some stage of processing. Over 13,500 have gone through the declaration review and have had the declaration envelope opened and the secrecy envelopes extracted.

Scanning of mail ballots should start soon in Westmoreland. There was a delay last night in double checking the almost 80k ballots received, so employees were doing that this morning, said Commissioner Sean Kertes.

— Renatta Signorini (@ByRenatta) November 3, 2020

Election Day 2020 nuts and bolts: What you need to know https://t.co/K1oEG3BNMP

— Rob Amen (@RobAmenTrib) November 3, 2020

Voters at Leechburg Boro #1 precinct —bundled up and braving cold temps. “I’ve never seen a line here to vote—ever,” said Leechburg resident John Demby, 65. pic.twitter.com/z07w6XVzTS

— Joyce Hanz (@hanz_joyce) November 3, 2020

7:53 a.m. Long lines of voters

At Hilltop Hose in Harrison Township, a line of voters snaked around the fire house and many of them marveled at the turnout.

They usually just walk right in.

“Not even when Reagan was running, I’ve never seen a line,” said Rose Thimons, 79, of Natrona Heights. “This is our civic duty and this is what we’re all here for and hopefully the right person will win today.”

For Mason Hurlbut, 19, the election marked his first time voting.

“It feels good to have a choice in who’s running the country,” said Hurlbut, a St. Joseph High School graduate now in trade school at Triangle Tech. “I’ve been alive for more than 18 years and never had a choice.”

As she approached Hilltop and noticed the long line, Dawn Howells described the election as scary because so much hinges on its outcome.

“I would like us to become one nation under God,” said Howells, 54. “We need him back into this country.”

~ Luis Fabregas

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Voters at South Greensburg’s polling place remarked that they’ve never had to wait in line before to cast their ballots.

Robin McDivitt said afterwards that he usually votes at a different time of day, but has never had to wait in line for any election. The line was already shrinking by the time he left the polling place around 7:30 a.m.

He requested a mail in ballot and said the process was smooth to cast his vote in person instead. McDivitt brought the mail in ballot with him and filled out a piece of paper before he was permitted to cast his vote.

“The only reason I got one was just in case I got sick,” he said.

~ Renatta Signorini

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Voters were waiting in lines at 7 a.m. in at least two Greensburg-area communities as Election Day got underway.

About 30 people were waiting outside the South Greensburg Borough building and about 40 were in line at Hempfield’s University precinct. Voters exited the South Greensburg polling place carrying or wearing their “I Voted” sticker.

Many outside were wearing masks in South Greensburg, but few waiting in line in Hempfield were.

~ Renatta Signorini

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Michael Sauter of Hempfield was first in line at the Eastwood precinct poll site, arriving at Maplewood Presbyterian Church off Mt. Pleasant Road at 6 a.m.

Sauter, a registered Democrat, said he voted early because he has to work in the morning, but came extra early Tuesday.

“I did not want to stand in line for an hour,” Sauter said.

The line snaked around the church parking lot of the church, which is the site of two voting precincts.

~ Joe Napsha

In East Deer, a long line of people waited outside the Holy Family R.C. Church Social Hall to vote shortly before 7:30 a.m.

Resident Michael Aftanas said he’s never seen anything like it in all the years he’s been voting. He’s 68 now.

“I never saw a crowd in East Deer Township like this before 7 a.m.,” he said. “I’m usually the first or second voter and there’s only about five of us.”

“Today,” he continued, looking at his watch, “it took me almost 30 minutes to vote and I was about tenth in line.”

He thinks the reason for that is because people are fed up with what’s going on.

“There’s a lot of rioting going on that shouldn’t be going on. It’s just chaos.”

~ Madasyn Lee

One voter on his hopes for the next four years: pic.twitter.com/Tvb60neYtu

— Teghan Simonton (@teghan_simonton) November 3, 2020

Pretty good line of voters at the West Deer senior center. #vote pic.twitter.com/8fiAEvGQGJ

— Maddy Lee (@MLeeTrib) November 3, 2020

First hour of voting wrapping up at the Cranberry Municipal Center, where there are three polling locations. Lines have shortened. Voters (for both Biden & Trump) told me mood is pleasant inside, volunteers organized. Most people wearing masks and distancing as much as possible. pic.twitter.com/38LTn3j5IM

— Jamie Martines (@Jamie_Martines) November 3, 2020

Political signs in Scott Township pic.twitter.com/iVkDkBhld5

— JoAnne Harrop (@joannescoop) November 3, 2020

Leechburg natives Ron and Sylvia Ravotti of Gilpin, both in their 80’s, just voted at Gilpin 1 & 2. They waited in line for 30 minutes and said they never had to wait in line during previous elections. ⁦@VNDNews⁩#Election2020 pic.twitter.com/z924jYtNVQ

— Joyce Hanz (@hanz_joyce) November 3, 2020

Voters exiting the polls tell me it’s a smooth operation inside. Volunteers (in yellow vests) ask voters to check a board to make sure they get in the right line. Equipment inside wiped down. In and out in about an hour. pic.twitter.com/OciHCysOl3

— Jamie Martines (@Jamie_Martines) November 3, 2020

This election is “scary” because so much hinges on it, says Dawn Howells, 54, of Natrona Heights, PA. “I would like us to become one nation under God. We need him back into this country,” she said as she prepared to cast her vote. pic.twitter.com/9c3waDdVUg

— Luis Fabregas (@LuisTrib) November 3, 2020

7:04 a.m. Polls are open:

The polls have opened in Pennsylvania and will remain open until 8 p.m.

Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs reported that several polling places will open a few minutes late and workers set up equipment. She said this is not unusual.

Downs also said the pre-canvassing process will begin shortly for mail-in and absentee ballots.

Here is a voter guide.

Michael Aftanas, 68, of East Deer cast his ballot in person because he wanted to make sure his vote counted. He voted for @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/ZXzN650lzn

— Maddy Lee (@MLeeTrib) November 3, 2020

It’s a busy morning already at Christ Lutheran in @MurrysvillePA #vote #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/PTEuCLYT3R

— Patrick Varine (@VarineTrib) November 3, 2020

It’s a busy morning already at Christ Lutheran in @MurrysvillePA #vote #Election2020 pic.twitter.com/PTEuCLYT3R

— Patrick Varine (@VarineTrib) November 3, 2020

Visiting some polling places today to talk to voters. Say hi if you see me! First stop is The Center in Vandergrift, where things are very quiet so far. ⁦@TribLIVE⁩ pic.twitter.com/Hsb9ggOrCZ

— Teghan Simonton (@teghan_simonton) November 3, 2020

Good morning voters! I started my day at Holy Family R.C. Church Social Hall in East Deer where there was a line out the door a little before 7:30 am. pic.twitter.com/zDCZuRnQXJ

— Maddy Lee (@MLeeTrib) November 3, 2020

First time voter in Pennsylvania: “It feels good to have a choice in who’s running the country,” says Mason Hurlbut, 19, of Natrona Heights. #ElectionDay2020 pic.twitter.com/mdlywV7nwT

— Luis Fabregas (@LuisTrib) November 3, 2020

Early bird gets to vote first at the Maplewood voting precinct in Hempfield. Michael Sauter arrived at 6 a.m. to get in line because he has to go to work. A long line of people was behind Sauter at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church off Mt. Pleasant Road. pic.twitter.com/jgwBX2Oqcb

— Joe Napsha (@jnapsha) November 3, 2020

Greensburg resident Sharita Warren wasn’t comfortable telling me who she voted for, but did share some thoughts on the future of the country. pic.twitter.com/1PxKBFu8Jo

— Jacob Tierney (@Soolseem) November 3, 2020

Greensburg Trump supporter Tom Kohl on why he voted to re-elect the President. pic.twitter.com/SjCiljthXe

— Jacob Tierney (@Soolseem) November 3, 2020

Good morning from the Cranberry Twp municipal building, Butler County, where the parking lot is full & voters are already wrapped around the building. There are 3 polling sites here. Cranberry is one of the most populous parts of the county, ~30min from Downtown Pgh #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/EHhkzgMCVc

— Jamie Martines (@Jamie_Martines) November 3, 2020

There are 10 people in line to vote at Greensburg City Hall 5 minutes before polls open. pic.twitter.com/yq55flr7qM

— Jacob Tierney (@Soolseem) November 3, 2020

“Not even when Reagan was running, I’ve never seen a line,” Rose Thimons of Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania tells me. This is my own polling place and I’ve never seen more than a couple of people. Today I counted about 40 in line. #ElectionDay pic.twitter.com/kUMIqje58f

— Luis Fabregas (@LuisTrib) November 3, 2020

Election day lineup in Armstrong County at Gilpin Township precincts 1 & 2. @VNDNews pic.twitter.com/0AYOyGTKld

— Joyce Hanz (@hanz_joyce) November 3, 2020

A long line to vote as polls open in Plum. pic.twitter.com/4X6kKFKwLv

— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) November 3, 2020

There are 10 people in line to vote at Greensburg City Hall 5 minutes before polls open. pic.twitter.com/yq55flr7qM

— Jacob Tierney (@Soolseem) November 3, 2020

Democracy, baby! More than 100 people in line to vote 15 minutes before polls open. pic.twitter.com/VbPh04ns4W

— Rob Amen (@RobAmenTrib) November 3, 2020

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