Hi, I'm Dan Pramak, host of Axios Recap.

We are back with our special Axios Election 2020 coverage.

What we're watching is what's happening in Pennsylvania,

which many people think will be the tipping point state for President Trump or former Vice President Biden.

With me is Emily Previty, a reporter for WITF, an NPR station in Pennsylvania, and she's on the ground in

Lezern County, which in 2016 went for President Trump by 20 points after election after election going for Democrats

So Emily you're in Lezern County in Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania. What are you so far seeing on the ground in terms of turnout, enthusiasm, all the above?

So we're seeing high turnout in Lezern and across the state based on what I've heard from my colleagues elsewhere and I'm getting a pretty

even mix of registered Democrats and Republicans and even you know fewer unaffiliated

voters but definitely some of those as well. We have a better idea of who's voted

by mail as of yesterday. The Pennsylvania Department of State data showed

there are about two and a half million ballots that have been returned and received by counties and of those nearly 1.6 million were sent by Democrats around 556,000 by Republicans.

So definitely a heavier turnout by mail by Democrats.

Those of us who are outside of Pennsylvania, how we should watch the results coming in tonight.

So for example, as you said, a lot of these ballots, none of the mail and ballots could be opened until today in Pennsylvania.

Will a precinct say in Lezern County or in Philly or in Pittsburgh?

Will they

on the ground numbers without yet reporting the absentee? Will they wait until they have a full count from their precinct?

It depends on the county, and I know that some counties, most of those that have a relatively small number of

registered voters. I think the largest is Cumberland with 187,000 and it goes

down from there are

are several that are not even starting until tomorrow to count anything and

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