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PA court rejects GOP push to stop fixing mail-in ballots with incorrect dates
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:24 pm
A court in Pennsylvania ruled against the GOP on Monday when it decided that election officials can continue to notify voters whose mail-in ballots include errors, such as incorrect or missing dates, and help voters fix those problems before Election Day
The Monroe County Republican Party asked a judge to block the county election board from sorting through mail ballots and helping voters resolve problems with their ballots. The county's efforts came after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered local officials to set aside mail ballots with date-related errors, rather than count them with correctly filled out ballots.
The Monroe County GOP filed the request last week with help from Tom King, the general counsel for the Pennsylvania Republican Party. The party argued that actions by the county amounted to an illegal "pre-canvass" of mail ballots, which are supposed to be kept in secure locations before being counted Election Day starting at 7 a.m.
King told Fox News Digital that officials are "scrounging through the ballots, looking to see if they can find ones that need to be fixed. And then they're calling voters to tell them to either come fix them or … vote provisionally at a polling place. None of this complies with Pennsylvania law."
But the court disagreed and refused to issue the injunction Republicans were seeking. The Monroe County Court of Common Pleas said that where election law is unclear, it should be interpreted in a way that avoids disenfranchising people when possible.
"Given that our Supreme Court's policy has been to enfranchise the voter when interpreting ambiguous statutes and considering the Commonwealth Court's recent decision on this very subject, I find that MCRC has not shown a strong likelihood of success at this very early stage of litigation," wrote Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge Arthur L. Zulick.
The judge added that implementing an injunction the day before the election would cause more harm "than refusing it."
"I do not find that MCRC has a clear right to relief in view of the recent Commonwealth Court decision, and I find that at this point after 150 to 175 voters have been advised that their ballot has been canceled and that they have an opportunity to file a correct one, it would adversely affect the public interest to grant the injunction," the judge continued.
King told Fox News Digital that despite this loss, Pennsylvania Republicans will consider using that argument "as a basis upon which to challenge votes if it's appropriate" after Election Day. He said the party might still "challenge those ballots that were improperly handled or counted."
Several counties in Pennsylvania are taking action similar to Monroe County in attempting to help voters cure ballots. Those include Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located, and Philadelphia County.
Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman has encouraged all counties in Pennsylvania to take similar action after the state Supreme Court ordered election officials to "refrain from counting" mail ballots with missing or incorrect dates – one of the most consequential court decisions seen so far in Pennsylvania in the run-up to Election Day.
As a result of that decision, officials are being forced to set aside thousands of ballots as litigation continues on the issue, unless they can contact voters and help cure their ballots.
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The Monroe County Republican Party asked a judge to block the county election board from sorting through mail ballots and helping voters resolve problems with their ballots. The county's efforts came after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered local officials to set aside mail ballots with date-related errors, rather than count them with correctly filled out ballots.
The Monroe County GOP filed the request last week with help from Tom King, the general counsel for the Pennsylvania Republican Party. The party argued that actions by the county amounted to an illegal "pre-canvass" of mail ballots, which are supposed to be kept in secure locations before being counted Election Day starting at 7 a.m.
King told Fox News Digital that officials are "scrounging through the ballots, looking to see if they can find ones that need to be fixed. And then they're calling voters to tell them to either come fix them or … vote provisionally at a polling place. None of this complies with Pennsylvania law."
But the court disagreed and refused to issue the injunction Republicans were seeking. The Monroe County Court of Common Pleas said that where election law is unclear, it should be interpreted in a way that avoids disenfranchising people when possible.
"Given that our Supreme Court's policy has been to enfranchise the voter when interpreting ambiguous statutes and considering the Commonwealth Court's recent decision on this very subject, I find that MCRC has not shown a strong likelihood of success at this very early stage of litigation," wrote Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge Arthur L. Zulick.
The judge added that implementing an injunction the day before the election would cause more harm "than refusing it."
"I do not find that MCRC has a clear right to relief in view of the recent Commonwealth Court decision, and I find that at this point after 150 to 175 voters have been advised that their ballot has been canceled and that they have an opportunity to file a correct one, it would adversely affect the public interest to grant the injunction," the judge continued.
King told Fox News Digital that despite this loss, Pennsylvania Republicans will consider using that argument "as a basis upon which to challenge votes if it's appropriate" after Election Day. He said the party might still "challenge those ballots that were improperly handled or counted."
Several counties in Pennsylvania are taking action similar to Monroe County in attempting to help voters cure ballots. Those include Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located, and Philadelphia County.
Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman has encouraged all counties in Pennsylvania to take similar action after the state Supreme Court ordered election officials to "refrain from counting" mail ballots with missing or incorrect dates – one of the most consequential court decisions seen so far in Pennsylvania in the run-up to Election Day.
As a result of that decision, officials are being forced to set aside thousands of ballots as litigation continues on the issue, unless they can contact voters and help cure their ballots.
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This post was edited on 11/7/22 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:26 pm to LSUAngelHere1
If I walk into the voting booth and frick up and don't vote for a race, or hit the wrong button, guess what? Too fricking bad for me.
This is utter horseshite
This is utter horseshite
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:27 pm to LSUAngelHere1
GOP always behind the 8 ball, and just can’t cheat at the Dem’s level
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:28 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Seems reasonable until they “fix” a hundred thousand votes
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:28 pm to udtiger
quote:
Adele Silz, 86, of Mount Lebanon, is using the third option. After her daughter found out Silz is on the list, Silz opted to use a form designating someone to cure her ballot on her behalf. "My daughter printed up a sheet for me, I filled out the form. And somebody is coming to collect it to bring it downtown for me with a number of other voters in my position," Silz told Pittsburgh's Action News 4. Her daughter, Mykie Reidy, of Mount Lebanon, is active with her community's Democratic Committee.
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Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:32 pm to LSUAngelHere1
So, the judge actually is allowing for the precinct workers to break the law by examining ballots prior to election day.
Holy fricking shite!!!
Banana Republic shite right there.
Holy fricking shite!!!
Banana Republic shite right there.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:36 pm to CamdenTiger
There should be a civics test and an intelligence test required before you can register to vote. If you can’t correctly fill out the ballot, you probably should not be allowed to determine the fate of the country.
We don’t let retards sit in a minuteman silo or control the launch keys on a submarine. Why let them vote?
We don’t let retards sit in a minuteman silo or control the launch keys on a submarine. Why let them vote?
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:38 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Why fix the dates if you’re just going to accept them anyway? Seems like you’re trying to make them look legitimate in cases someone wanted to questions them in the future.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:40 pm to udtiger
When you have to pull this shitt obviously it’s only to cheat
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:40 pm to LSUAngelHere1
I don’t really have a problem with that. They will have a hard time finding most of the people because about half of the mail in ballots are fake.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:41 pm to mtntiger
Is this where they only contact those who voted for democrats to come cure the ballot but not republicans?
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:44 pm to Nosevens
Take it to a different judge or Supreme Court
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:47 pm to LSUAngelHere1
So, Fetterman wins, shocked I tell you. But, but…they wouldn’t openly cheat this time. Republicans are suckers.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:48 pm to LSUAngelHere1
We all know what they are doing. If the ballot is incorrect and the person is registered "D" its fixed. On the other hand if the person is "R" it tossed aside.
They are also adding votes of people who didn't vote into the "D" column.
They are also adding votes of people who didn't vote into the "D" column.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:48 pm to Vood
Sooo, Fetterman will win Pa then?
This post was edited on 11/7/22 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:48 pm to LSUAngelHere1
This is why Fetterwoman is going to eventually win. These mofos are just going to keep adding votes until they get what they want.
Is there not one honest democrat in PA who understands how terrible this is? At some point, a due date has to be put in place. Pathetic.
Is there not one honest democrat in PA who understands how terrible this is? At some point, a due date has to be put in place. Pathetic.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:49 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Basically they are saying that they are going to cheat, and you will do nothing about it.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:54 pm to LSUAngelHere1
Why is this a partisan issue unless Dems are prone to frick ups?
Posted on 11/7/22 at 8:00 pm to Trucker21
They have access to early ballots, and have seen the actual vote totals. In a state that has dropbox voting. PA isn’t just allowing them to cheat they are giving them the cheat codes.
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