Pennsylvania County to Set Aside Ballots Received After 8 PM on Election Day

Early mail-in ballots wait to be prepared and scanned by the Montgomery County Board of Elections at Plumb Gar Community Recreation Center in Germantown, Md., on Oct. 20, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Officials from a county in Pennsylvania said they would delay counting ballots received after Election Day that have postmarks by 8 p.m. Tuesday, citing difficulties due to pending litigation.

Vice-Chairman Ray D’Agostino with the Board of Commissioners in Lancaster County said in a statement on Monday that mail-in ballots received on Monday and Tuesday will be processed, but ballots received after 8 p.m. Tuesday to 5 p.m. Friday will be set aside until “a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court or some other direction.”