Unofficial results for each election—including primary, general, municipal, and special elections— are posted to this page shortly after 8:00 p.m. on election night.
Results are considered unofficial until certification by the Pennsylvania Department of State. The official results for all past elections (dating to 2007) can be found on our Election Archive page, accessible below.
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Election Results Archive
Election Results Overview
By law, the process of opening, and counting mail-in and absentee ballots, also known as pre-canvassing and canvassing, always begins the morning of Election Day.
Although mail-in and absentee ballots are opened and scanned during Election Day, the results of the scanned ballots may not be tabulated until the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
Once the polls close, mail/absentee ballots continue to be tallied and reported throughout the evening. Votes cast at the precinct polling places on Election Day are captured on the memory devices from the polling place scanners (and preserved on the paper ballots). Once enough memory devices are collected and processed, the unofficial results are updated in the hours after the polls close.
As has always been the case, results remain unofficial for about two weeks after Election Day. Legally required steps at the county level include: completion of the entire canvass; processing eligible provisional ballots; processing eligible military ballots; processing on-time ballots where the voter supplied verifying ID by the Monday after Election Day; processing write-in votes; and, completing other post-election audits and reviews. Certification then happens at the County level. Still later, the Pennsylvania Department of State certifies the cumulative results from the 67 counties.
Ballot Security
The Board follows all requirements under the Pennsylvania Election Code regarding ballot security.
Mail/absentee ballot return envelopes that are received through the mail are date stamped. Mail/absentee ballot return envelopes that are received through county drop boxes stamped with the date and the location of the county drop box that the envelope was retrieved. Whether returned through a drop box or the mail, the envelopes are sorted by precinct and logged in the Pennsylvania Statewide Registry of Electors (SURE) system, and then secured until the envelopes can be pre-canvassed and canvassed on Election Day.
Preventing Election Fraud
Many people have expressed concerns about potential election fraud, particularly regarding the newer mail-in ballot voting option. Delaware County works to address these concerns.
Each mail-in and absentee return envelope has a unique voter-specific bar code. If someone were to return multiple copies in an attempt to vote more than once, that would be revealed by the bar code. Only the first envelope scanned with a voter-specific bar code from a Delaware County voter who submitted a valid application with valid ID can and will be accepted and counted. If any duplicates were to arrive, they would be set aside and reported to law enforcement.
To prevent attempts to vote by mail and in person, any voters who have been sent a mail/absentee ballot are identified in the poll book. Such voters would be able to cast only provisional ballots, which then are reviewed after Election Day to make sure the voter has not voted by mail/absentee ballot.