Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt certified the results Monday after county officials confirmed the accuracy of their reported results.

A lawsuit by independent voters including commentator Michael Smerconish is seeking to end Pennsylvania’s closed primary election system, which prohibits them from participating.

The county hired an outside firm to investigate what factors, including staffing issues, contributed to a general election error that forced more than 12,000 residents to vote by provisional ballot.

A 63-year-old Philadelphia man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for threatening to kill a Pennsylvania election official in 2024, officials said.