A Democratic lawmaker from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who brazenly defied the state Supreme Court by starting to count provisional ballots missing signatures in a U.S. Senate race, said, “Court precedent no longer matters in this country.'' “No,” he said, apologizing.
Meanwhile, the battle between incumbent senators Bob Casey (Democratic) and Dave McCormick (Republican) called Associated Press contributor to McCormick, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt (R) announced On Nov. 13, it was announced that a “legally mandated statewide recount has begun” due to the narrow margin of victory.
The day before, Bucks County Commission Vice Chairman Robert Harvey Jr. and Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia moved in. 2-1 vote Count 405 mail-in ballots with incorrect or no dates.
On November 14, the day after the recount was announced, despite the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision, Ellis Marseglia and Harvey Jr. also had their signatures missing in one of two key locations. The government began counting provisional ballots. ruling Breitbart News reported months ago that unsigned provisional ballots could not be counted.
Ellis Marseglia argued that court precedent is not important when voting on the issue.
“I think everyone knows that court precedent no longer matters in this country and people will break the law all the time,” she said. “So for me, I violate this law because I want the court to pay attention.”
Two commissioners voted in favor of counting the ballots, even though Bucks County's legal team advised that the ballots should not be counted unless the voter has signed them in two places. Ta.
A third commissioner, Gene DeGirolamo, moved to disallow those votes.
After receiving backlash for publicly speaking defiantly against the court, Ellis-Marseglia read out her arguments. apology Wednesday, when the recount officially began, in front of an angry crowd.
“Last Thursday, when I told the conference that you were all gathered here, the passion in my heart got the better of me, so I would like to apologize again. We were talking about ballots,” the election official said. “We were specifically talking about the fact that there were certain provisional ballots that election judges had not signed and verified that voters had signed the outer envelope.”
“To me, someone's vote has to be taken away not because someone made a mistake, but because one of our employees or members…one of our election judges didn't know or forgot what to do. It was infuriating and unconscionable” or wrong. “That issue I talked about has now spread from my comment,” she continued. “That really wasn't the best word. I'd like to do it all again. I think it's very scary. I should have been more clear, please, I'll be more clear from now on.”
“Please be patient,” she said after her “resignation” against Ellis-Marseglia prompted jeers from the crowd.
“I want to remind everyone that we all say things that are off the mark, that we all make mistakes. “They are also held to a much higher standard,” she continued.
Later, when he said the controversial comments were made in connection with the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court, there were loud groans and “boos” from the crowd. Roe vs. Wade.
“When I inadvertently spoke and used the word precedent while talking about provisional voting, I was referring to the U.S. Supreme Court and the precedent lost in many issues, including Roe v. Wade. is.”
“If you could hold on just one more minute,” she said, banging her gavel over the murmur of the crowd.
“Unfortunately, I have taken my frustrations out on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, many of whom are friends of mine whom I respect, and whose decisions are complex, difficult, and important,” Ellis-Marseglia continued reading Ta. “We're all going to learn lessons from this new media landscape, and most importantly myself. I'm a small fish in this big pond. I'm holding the megaphone on Twitter and CNN. I'm not Secretary of State, and I'm not running a presidential campaign. This is my only opportunity to set the record straight.”
As of Thursday morning, McCormick take the lead According to Fox News, the difference in the race was just 0.24 percentage points.
The recount is expected to be completed by November 26th.
