Bucks County, Pennsylvania election official: “People violate laws any time they want, So, for me, if I violate this law it’s because I want a court to pay attention.”

election administration
Ugly election administration scene and legal dispute playing out in Pennsylvania, here reported by Katie Bernard, Jeremy Roebuck, Sean Collins Walsh, and Fallon Roth at the Philadelphia Inquirer: It’s been a week since the Associated Press called Pennsylvania’s tight… Continue reading

CORRECTED LINK to FILING: Breaking: Republicans File Lawsuit Directly in Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Asking Court to Issue Order Today Directing All 67 PA Counties Not to Count Undated/Misdated But Timely Absentee Ballots (Relevant to McCormick-Casey Senate Race)

absentee ballots, recounts
See this filing. (Corrected link to filing) Whatever one can say of the merits of the counting of such ballots and of this lawsuit (which makes a bizarre Purcell Principle argument), this issue, and statewide uniformity, needs to be… Continue reading

PA GOP Senate Candidate McCormick Files Suit Against Bucks County for Counting Misdated/Undated But Timely Mail-In Ballots, as McCormick-Casey Race Goes to Likely Recount

absentee ballots, recounts
Here is the complaint. AP: The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns… Continue reading