Former President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania on Wednesday, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris in the critical battleground state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump won Pennsylvania\u2019s 19 electoral votes four years after Democrat Joe Biden carried the state, flipping it from Trump\u2019s column in 2016 on his way to capturing the \u201cblue wall.\u201d No Democrat has won the White House without also winning Pennsylvania since 1948. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 2:24 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Keystone State experienced its fair share of issues on Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Pennsylvania judge approved a petition to extend voting hours until 10 p.m. ET after a “malfunction” prevented voters in Cambria County from scanning their ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Cambria County Board of Election learned early [Tuesday] morning that a software malfunction in the County’s Electronic Voting System has prevented voters from scanning their ballots,” County Solicitor Ron Repak said in a statement. “This should not discourage voters from voting at their precincts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“All completed ballots will be accepted, secured, and counted by the Board of Elections. The County Board of Elections has express voting machine [sic] at precinct locations to continue to allow voting electronically, while still allowing hand ballots to be cast,” said Repak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to the court granting the extension, Whatley had assured voters that the Republican Party’s lawyers <\/a>were “all over” the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n