The PA Department of State Did Not Just Tweet This About Election Night Return

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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is warning us ahead of Election Day: they might not have all the ballots counted that night. We’re back to this nonsense of election workers counting ballots for a few hours and then being sent home as if they spent two whole days in the coal mines. It’s embarrassing that in the United Kingdom’s general elections, every ballot for their 650 seats is counted the same night, and often, we know which party has clinched enough seats to form a government. 

This thread by Pennsylvania’s Department of State is how conspiracy theories and questions about the election results begin: 

"Pennsylvanians won’t always know the final results of all races on election night. Any changes in results that occur as counties continue to count ballots are not evidence that an election is “rigged.”

The department tweeted that on August 8, and it should have led to some eyebrows being raised. Four days later, they explained why: Read more and see Xs here.