PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania held a primary election Tuesday amid civil unrest, a pandemic, the introduction of new voting machines in some counties and the debut of mail-in balloting that pushed county election bureaus to their limits.
The result of the highest-profile contest on the ballot was a foregone conclusion: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, uncontested for their party’s nominations, both won their primary Tuesday in Pennsylvania.
The lack of drama in the outcome of the presidential primary and the huge number of voters who opted to vote by mail meant turnout was light.
Still, voters in some places were dealing with late-arriving mail-in ballots and a dramatic consolidation of polling places in