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The Governor of Pennsylvania and election officials have certified presidential election voting results in the state for Joe Biden. They ensured the President-elect receives 20 Electoral College votes of the State. On Tuesday, Governor Tom Wolf said, “As required by federal law, I’ve signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Again, I want to thank the election officials who have administered a fair and free election during an incredibly challenging time in our commonwealth and country’s history. Our election workers have been under constant attack and they have performed admirably and honorably”. Point to be noted that Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said her office is tremendously grateful to all 67 counties who have been working extremely long hours to ensure that every qualified voter’s vote is counted safely and securely.

Boockvar said, “The county election officials and the poll workers are the true heroes of our democracy, enabling us to vote in record numbers, amid challenging circumstances, so that every eligible voter’s voice could be heard”. The election boards in two of the largest counties in the state voted along party lines to certify their county’s results on Monday, with Republican board members voting against the results. Officials voted 2-1 in Allegheny County and 3-2 in Luzerne County. No counties voted against certifying their results and most counties were reporting unanimously to confirm them.

The Trump campaign was dealt with several legal blows in Pennsylvania as it sought to overturn results and toss out ballots in several states. On Monday, the Supreme Court of the State ruled following a challenge from the president’s legal team, that more than 8,000 mailed-in ballots from Philadelphia must be counted. President-elect Biden carried the state by roughly 81,000 votes from nearly 7 million ballots cast. He is the first presidential candidate in history to receive more than 80 million votes from the national popular vote count. The Electoral College is scheduled to convene in December to formally elect the president-elect as the nation’s 46th president.