🇺🇸 Harris & Trump stump in Pgh tonight

🗳️ What To Know & Expect for Election Day

• The City Cast Pittsburgh team got an inside look at the Election Warehouse on the North Side, where workers will be counting mail-in ballots and certifying election returns. Allegheny County should have preliminary results as soon as midnight tomorrow, but the rest of PA may lag because every county operates differently. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
• The county must certify results by Nov. 25, and the state has to certify everything by Dec. 11. There’s a five-day period when election results can be challenged, a likely scenario if the election is close. [SpotlightPA]
• ➡️ Be ready for tomorrow with our procrastinator’s guide to voting in Allegheny County. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

💸 Republicans Outspend Dems on PA Ads

The PAC supporting Republican candidate Dave Sunday for Attorney General spent $13 million to run TV ads through Election Day; his Democratic opponent Eugene DePasquale spent $3.1 million. Why so much? It’s a powerful office. The AG defends Pennsylvania’s laws and election results, deals with multistate legal battles (like lawsuits focused on consumer protections or data breaches), and prosecutes all sorts of high-profile crimes, like political corruption. [SpotlightPA]

• Learn why PA is a hot spot for political ads. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

👻 Elon Musk Ghosts His PA Court Hearing

The controversial billionaire didn’t show up to his hearing with District Attorney Larry Krasner last week, and the case was moved to federal court. Krasner alleges that Musk’s ploy to give $1 million a day to Pennsylvanians who sign his PAC’s petition breaks federal election law. [Associated Press / NPR]

• Musk is also spreading misinformation in PA through his platform X and at in-person rallies. [Inquirer / 90.5 WESA]

☢️ Timeline for Three Mile Island Reopening

Constellation, the owner of the nuclear plant near Harrisburg, made a deal with Microsoft to make enough electricity to power the tech company’s data centers — and it plans to open in three years. [StateImpact Pennsylvania]

• Here’s why the plant reopening is a big deal. [🎧City Cast Pittsburgh]

🚗 CCAC Starts Electric Vehicle Tech Program

The country’s first electric vehicle technician apprenticeship program will start in the spring semester at Community College of Allegheny County. The one-year, tuition-free course pairs students with local dealerships for paid on-the-job training. [90.5 WESA]