{"id":1488378,"date":"2024-09-06T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1488378"},"modified":"2024-09-06T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:05:00","slug":"pennsylvanias-radical-leftist-court-delivers-another-win-to-election-meddling-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/pennsylvanias-radical-leftist-court-delivers-another-win-to-election-meddling-democrats\/1488378\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania’s Radical Leftist Court Delivers Another Win To Election-Meddling Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania’s Radical Leftist Court Delivers Another Win To Election-Meddling Democrats<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that county officials must count the provisional ballots of individuals claiming their mail-in ballots were rejected, expanding an infamous practice known as ballot curing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Commonwealth Court overturned a\u00a0Butler County judge\u2019s ruling<\/a>\u00a0that officials did not have to count the provisional ballots of individuals whose naked ballots were rejected,\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Penn Capital-Star<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Naked ballots<\/a>\u00a0refer to those submitted without the required secrecy envelope and placed directly into the return envelope. Secrecy envelopes provide a layer of privacy and prevent unauthorized individuals from seeing the voter\u2019s choice.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judge Matthew S. Wolf, writing for the majority,\u00a0claimed<\/a>\u00a0that the Butler County Board of Elections lacked the legal basis to reject counting provisional ballots.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania Republican Party and Butler County Board of Elections had contended that state election laws, known as the\u00a0Election Code<\/a>, prohibited voters from casting provisional ballots if their mail-in ballots were received on time.<\/p>\n

The lower court ruled that counting these provisional ballots amounted to ballot curing, allowing voters to fix their ballots even after submission.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP argued at the time, \u201cThere can be no dispute that the unequivocal law of Pennsylvania is that secrecy envelopes are required, and any mail-in ballot received without a secrecy envelope cannot be counted.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The appeals court\u2019s ruling marks\u00a0yet another blow<\/a>\u00a0to election integrity measures ahead of the 2024 presidential election.\u00a0On Friday, the Commonwealth Court ordered the Democratic strongholds of Philadelphia and Allegheny counties to count mismarked ballots.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe refusal to count undated or incorrectly dated but timely mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters because of meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors violates the fundamental right to vote recognized in the free and equal elections clause,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Judge Ellen Ceisler wrote at the time, according to\u00a0Spotlight Pa<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania is a must-win state for Vice President Kamala Harris, President Donald Trump\u2019s Democratic opponent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 09\/06\/2024 – 14:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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