BREAKING: PA Supreme Court demands Bucks County follow ruling to not count ineligible ballots during Senate race recount
All counties “including the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court…”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reiterated its ruling that ballots with improper dates on them in the US Senate race between GOP challenger Dave McCormick as well as Democrat incumbent Bob Casey in Pennsylvania cannot be counted in Bucks Couty or any other area of Pennsylvania.
According the opinion of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, it directs that all counties “including the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, SHALL 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.”
The Senate race has been thrown to a recount due to the tight margins, however, in Bucks County and other Democrat-controlled areas elections boards had tried to thwart a ruling from the state Supreme Court that rules ballots had to have proper dates and signatures in order to be counted.
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