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The Daily Pennsylvanian

Photo Essay | Scenes from a pandemic-altered Election Day in Phila., and its tense aftermath

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A poll worker, reflected in plexiglass, inside the Houston Hall polling site on Election Day. 



Members of the Penn and Philadelphia communities masked up and voted in person at three different campus polling locations on Election Day. As ballots continued to be counted, tension and uncertainty hung over the city. The Daily Pennsylvanian sent a team of photographers to capture this unique election week.