No recount coming in Pennsylvania as ballot counting nears completion

No recount will be ordered for Pennsylvania as counties are nearing completion of counting the ballots, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar has determined that she will not be ordering a recount for any race, including president. No one was defeated by one-half of one percent based on the unofficial results, according to a news release.

As of Friday afternoon, president-elect Joe Biden had received 3,400,072 votes. President Donald Trump has garnered 3,340,842, according to the state election website.

Counties are continuing to adjudicate and count the approximately 100,000 provisional ballots cast on Election Day, the news release states. About 40,000 have been counted or partially counted as of midday Friday.

More than 28,000 military and overseas ballots also came in to be counted.

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