The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates cannot be counted in the 2024 election, ending a narrow Senate vote amid recount challenges in the Keystone State. It was a victory for Republican officials who sought to aggressively defend their victory. .
In a 4-3 decision, the state Supreme Court reaffirmed an earlier ruling that counties within the state cannot count misdated or undated ballots, ruling that Bucks County , explicitly named the Montgomery and Philadelphia County Boards of Elections, and said those counties “should.” Follow this court's previous ruling, where we clarified mail-in and absentee voting in our November 1 decision.
The decision comes amid an aggressive recount effort in the state that follows Republican candidate David McCormick's narrow victory over three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. This is a victory for Republican officials who had filed the lawsuit.
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FILE: This Nov. 6, 2020 file photo shows an overview of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home of the Commonwealth Courts, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Mr. McCormick beat Mr. Casey by about 17,000 votes in the state, but the margin was less than 0.5 percentage points, allowing Mr. Casey to be subject to an automatic recount under Pennsylvania law.
But ahead of the Pennsylvania Senate recount that officially begins on Monday, Republicans are moving to allow precinct commissioners in Philadelphia, Bucks County and Montgomery County to count incorrectly dated and undated mail and absentee votes. It was ringing an alarm. Ballots — Party officials said the effort goes against a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling.
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick (Nathan Posner/Anadolu, Getty Images, left; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, right.)
During a conference call Monday, Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley told reporters that the state will maintain “as aggressive, comprehensive and strategic a legal posture as necessary to ensure this election is certified” in Pennsylvania. and vowed to put an end to the election. Party officials described it as a “corrupt and despicable act” by the state's Democrats.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Nov. 1 that it is constitutional to require handwritten dates on mail-in ballots, but the Republican victory means the new framework is more direct. It has been established that counties attempting to count such ballots are indeed attempting to violate the Constitution. Law.
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