The Pennsylvania Supreme Court clamped down on what appeared to be an effort by Democrat-run counties to count ballots that justices and state law had determined were illegal and, therefore, ineligible to be tallied.<\/p>\n
The new order comes following a declaration by Democratic officials in Bucks County and elsewhere of their intention to count ballots that did not meet legal standards amid a tight race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and GOP challenger Dave McCormack, a race in which the AP called last week for the Republican.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we all know that precedent by a court doesn\u2019t matter anymore in this country,\u201d said Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia as she voted Thursday to count ballots where voters did not submit the two legally required signatures on the outside of the ballot. \u201cPeople violate laws anytime they want. So, for me, if I violate this law, it\u2019s because I want a court to pay attention. There\u2019s nothing more important than counting votes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Republicans filed yet another challenge to stop the illegal counting, prompting the state\u2019s highest court to intervene again.<\/p>\n
In a head-scratching 4-3 ruling, justices ordered an immediate halt to counting invalid ballots during what the GOP deemed an unnecessary recount. The initial ruling against Democrats was 7-0.<\/p>\n
The Democrat Bucks County Commissioners just voted to count misdated and undated mail in ballots to try and help Bob Casey and one of them straight up says that she knows it\u2019s illegal but simply does not care.<\/p>\n
Dems are trying to steal an election in PA.pic.twitter.com\/7KP4Qoy31b<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n The PA Supreme Court has ruled: STOP counting the illegal mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n Several counties segregated the mis-dated\/illegal ballots. This ruling should mean that the vote totals will update\u2026 because they include illegal ballots.<\/p>\n McCormick wins. pic.twitter.com\/tXtK0Pi1N1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n After weeks of silence, Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who was on Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 shortlist to become her running mate \u2014 and a figure many believed she should have picked over Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz \u2014 finally spoke publicly about the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cAny insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process,\u201d said Shapiro, a Democrat. \u201cThe rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. \u2026 It is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions.\u201d As governor, Shapiro said he would \u201ccontinue working to protect our democracy and\u00a0the votes<\/a> of all eligible Pennsylvanians,\u201d Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Others pointed out that in court, lawyers for Democrats in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Centre County were arguing that the counties should be counting all sorts of unqualified ballots:<\/p>\n McCormick was initially projected as the winner by The Associated Press, and he is currently leading<\/a> Casey by 29,000 votes. However, the margin, by law, triggered an automatic recount.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt confirmed that the Senate race will undergo a recount, which is estimated to cost $1 million. Schmidt told reporters that the results from the recount will be made public on November 27, as reported by\u00a0CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Following the high court\u2019s decision that flawed mail-in ballots cannot be accepted during a contentious recount, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has decided to support the court. This is a victory for Republican Party officials.<\/p>\n In a 4\u20133 decision on Monday, the state Supreme Court upheld its previous decision that counties cannot count votes that are wrongly or not at all dated. In their Nov. 1 decision, the judges said that the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County \u201cSHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified\u201d when it comes to mail-in and absentee votes.<\/p>\n \u201cAny insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process,\u201d said Shapiro, a Democrat. \u201cThe rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. \u2026 It is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n As governor, Shapiro said he would \u201ccontinue working to protect our democracy and the votes of all eligible Pennsylvanians.\u201d<\/p>\n The post PA Supreme Court Orders Dem-Run Counties Not To Count Illegal Ballots<\/a> appeared first on Conservative Brief<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Pennsylvania Supreme Court clamped down on what appeared to be an effort by Democrat-run counties to count ballots that justices and state law had determined were illegal and, therefore, ineligible to be tallied. The new order comes following a declaration by Democratic officials in Bucks County and elsewhere of their intention to count ballots…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topproductsonly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}