The administration of Governor Josh Shapiro held a meeting before the polls in Pennsylvania closed after election night. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt held a media briefing in Harrisburg stressing the mail ballot process and how it is important. This audio is courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services.

Source for Photo: FILE – Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, approved a bill long-sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020’s drawn-out vote count. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)