[7] The law said the state would cover up to 60 percent of the cost for counties to replace their voting machines with systems that had voter-verifiable paper.
Act 12 also allowed counties to begin counting ballots at 7 a.m. on election day rather than being required to wait until 8 p.m. to do so.
Voters in Pennsylvania elected 18 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the 18 congressional districts.
[15] Incumbent Democratic attorney general Josh Shapiro ran for re-election to a second term.
Incumbent Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale was term-limited and ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
Dauphin County controller Timothy DeFoor won the election against former Philadelphia deputy mayor Nina Ahmad.
[16] A special election was also held on January 14 in the 48th senatorial district after the resignation of Republican senator Mike Folmer.