The write in votes have been counted in the Philadelphia special election to fill the open 197th district state House seat. Democrat Emilio Vazquez won 73.5% of the votes (all write ins). Green Party write in candidate Cheri Honkala won 10.5%. Other write ins got combined 8.6%. The only candidate whose name appeared on the ballot, Republican Lucinda Little, got 7.4% of the votes.
An investigation has been opened by the Philadelphia DA’s Election Fraud Task Force unit to consider various reports of election day improprieties.