>> everything is going very well. we are at about 82% as of ten minutes ago. >> i think it's a little higher than that we just heard in the last minute. the absentee ballots, do we know how many will be coming here total? >> there were approximately 4,100 issued. i would anticipate probably 3,700, 3,800 have been returned. that's how many will be coming here tonight to be scanned on our optical scan machines. >> we can take a look at the people counting them while i talk to you. how long will it take to count? >> i would think by midnight we should be finished. >> we watched everyone get sworn in. why do you swear people in? >> under the pennsylvania election code, we're required to take the constitutional oath of office when we begin tabulating votes on election night. >> when will the votes be added to the total? as soon as they're counted? >> at the final tabulation at the end of the night is when we -- >> oh, i see.