As Dem Senator Bob Casey Fans look for a way to turn his loss on November 5th into a win, the State’s highest Court has re-issued a previous order. You cannot count undated absentee ballots.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered counties within the state not to count undated mail-in ballots after multiple counties said they would.
The order came on Nov. 18 as the commonwealth began a recount process in the race for U.S. Senate. Both Decision Desk HQ and The Associated Press called the race for Republican Dave McCormick, who ran against long-term incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). However, because McCormick’s lead fell within a 0.5 percent margin, state law required a recount.
The decision directed all 67 counties within the state to comply “with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified that mail-in and absentee ballots that fail to comply with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Election Code … shall not be counted for purposes of the election held on November 5, 2024.”
PA broke for Trump, and there’s apparently no way to steal that, but every seat in Congress matters. With both chambers in the hands of Republican Majorities, Democrats are hoping to peel back a seat that was called for Incumbent Casey’s Republican opponent.
“I write separately to disabuse local elections officials of the notion that they have the authority to ignore Election Code provisions that they believe are unconstitutional,” Brobson said in a statement joined by Wecht and Justice Sallie Mundy. “Only the courts under our charter may declare a statute, or provision thereof, unconstitutional.”
The court says this is the law, so follow it, and they expect the people to listen. I’m not convinced they will, even if there is some penalty for doing so.
