2 Pennsylvania counties had to replace poll books in the middle of Election Day voting

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two Pennsylvania counties had to replace poll books at all polling places in the middle of in-person voting during Tuesday's election because of what officials described as mistakes made in creating the voter data.

Affected voters deciding local races and whether to give three Democratic justices another term on the state Supreme Court were offered provisional ballots as a temporary fix. Officials said no races were affected and that few voters left polling places without voting.

Chester County — the state’s seventh-most populated county that's part of Philadelphia's heavily populated suburbs in southeastern Pennsylvania — got a judge’s order to extend voting by provisional ballot for two hours past the usual closing time of 8 p.m. EST.

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