🗳️ Senate race recount begins

🗳️ Recount Underway for PA's US Senate Race

• AP called Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race for Republican Dave McCormick, who is ahead of incumbent Democrat Bob Casey by more than 17,000 votes. [TribLive]
• The close margin triggered a legally-required statewide recount. [Associated Press]
• Our local elections division begins its count at 8 a.m. Officials could finish as soon as today. Each county sets its own timeline. The state is scheduled to announce the result by or before Nov. 27. [Allegheny County]

🚫📩 Court Rules Flawed Mail Ballots Can’t Count

Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court says counties can’t count mail-in ballots that don’t have a correct, handwritten date on the return envelope. This voids a Commonwealth Court ruling that found handwritten date requirements violated the state constitution. [TribLive]

💸 Database Tracks Opioid Settlement Money

Over the next 18 years, Pennsylvania is set to receive more than $1 billion from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and contributed to the opioid epidemic — and now the public can see how counties are spending the settlement money. [SpotlightPA]

• 📣 Why you should care: People most affected by the opioid crisis often don’t get to decide where the money should go. We’re following the flow in Pennsylvania. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]