— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley Business Briefs
Northampton County’s Elections Office will start showing unofficial polling results at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Results are not official until certified, a process that takes place later. Election-night results have always been unofficial, although projections by parties and media have sometimes been confused with official results.
See the county statement:
The Northampton County Elections Office announce (sic) that unofficial election results will be available on a Live Dashboard on the county website after 8:00 PM on Election night, November 5, 2024. The Dashboard will reflect the unofficial results in real-time starting at 8:00 PM and will continue to be updated until every eligible ballot has been processed and counted.
Ballots cast by voters, either in-person or by Mail-In or Absentee ballot, are processed at varying times according to what is permitted by Pennsylvania Law. During higher turnout elections, this process may take longer to complete.
The unofficial results will not include write-in candidates’ results. Those will be reported when the canvass is finished.
The pre-canvass will begin at 7:00 AM on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The official computation and canvass of the votes cast from the November 5, 2024 election will begin at 9:00 AM on Friday, November 8, 2024.
General Election results will not be official until they are certified by the Northampton County Election Commission.
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