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Dem Plot To ‘Steal’ Senate Seat In Battleground State Exposed

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An effort has been launched by Pennsylvania Democrats aiming to block Dave McCormick from taking the seat of Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), who narrowly lost his reelection bid. CNN investigative reporter Andy Kaczynski reported on X that Democrats in Bucks County have voted to count provisional ballots in the race despite a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stating that these ballots should remain uncounted.

“I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country,” said Democratic county commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia as she voted Thursday to count ballots where voters did not submit the two legally required signatures on the outside of the ballot. “People violate laws anytime they want. So, for me, if I violate this law it’s because I want a court to pay attention. There’s nothing more important than counting votes.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that state Democrats are working quickly to close the 25,000-vote gap between Casey and McCormick, a task that now depends on decisions by various county commissioners on how to handle contested ballots. Around 80,000 ballots remain uncounted and are still up for grabs. Democrats are also moving with urgency due to upcoming deadlines for certifying the election and the possibility of a recount.



Conservative commentator Greg Price posted on X with a clip of the Bucks County proceedings, writing: “The Democrat Bucks County Commissioners just voted to count misdated and undated mail in ballots to try and help Bob Casey and one of them straight up says that she knows it’s illegal but simply does not care. Dems are trying to steal an election in PA.”

McCormick and his allies pushed back on Thursday by filing lawsuits in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, and Centre Counties to halt the counting of unsigned ballots and those returned without a postdate, making it impossible to verify whether they were received on time. Instead of escalating the dispute and accusing Democrats of attempting to steal the election, Republicans are projecting confidence in their position. “There is one inescapable truth to all of this,” said Mark Harris, lead strategist for the McCormick campaign. “When counting is done, Dave will be winning by tens of thousands of votes. It will not be close.”



As of Friday, lawyers for Casey and McCormick have spent over 10 hours in court debating whether to count the disputed ballots. Following this, the county commissioners will need to meet extensively to discuss strategies for determining which ballots may be eligible for counting. “It’s not always so simple to determine when a vote is legally cast and when there’s some gray area,” said Bob Harvie, another Democratic board member in Bucks County. In Chester County, board members are debating how to handle provisional ballots that were mistakenly cast by legally registered voters.

The ongoing trench battle between counties is not the conclusion of the fight. Both sides must prepare for hearings in the Common Pleas Court, which handles appeals related to election decisions. Pennsylvania Democrats emphasized that their effort to challenge McCormick’s lead is clear and straightforward. “It’s the goal of the Democratic Party to count votes — not to not count votes,” Democratic attorney Dawn Burke told the Bucks County Board of Elections on Thursday.

Republicans have responded by arguing that some Democratic efforts to count ballots have become absurd. They point to requests to count provisional ballots from voters who are not registered in the county. “We think this is totally an extreme argument, it’s very outside the mainstream,” said James Fitzpatrick, an attorney for the McCormick campaign.






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