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BumRushDaShow

(143,027 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:46 AM Nov 5

Thousands of Pennsylvania voters have had their mail ballot applications challenged

Source: NPR

Updated November 4, 2024 4:56 PM ET


PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of last-minute challenges to voters’ mail ballot applications, along with baseless claims by former President Donald Trump about an investigation into suspicious voter registration forms, are adding pressure on Pennsylvania county officials in the final hours before Election Day.

Pennsylvania has more electoral votes (19) than any other presidential swing state, and the major parties have in recent weeks engaged in a series of legal battles over its election rules. Officials in 14 counties reported receiving more than 4,000 challenges by last Friday, which was the deadline for contesting an absentee voter’s eligibility, according to Matt Heckel, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of State.

The counties that received challenges include Allegheny, Beaver, Bucks, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lehigh, Lycoming and York counties. On Monday, local officials dismissed all 354 challenges in south-central Pennsylvania’s York County during an emergency hearing, county spokesperson Greg Monskie confirmed.

The move comes after 212 challenges in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester County, the first to hold a hearing to review challenges, were either tossed or withdrawn last week.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/nx-s1-5178714/pennsylvania-mail-ballot-voter-challenges-trump

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Thousands of Pennsylvania voters have had their mail ballot applications challenged (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 5 OP
It is a simple question, isn't it? OldBaldy1701E Nov 5 #1
77 registration challenges in Centre County. twodogsbarking Nov 5 #2
Part of Trump's plan Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 5 #3
Not here in PA when Democrats hold (barely) the PA State House! BumRushDaShow Nov 5 #4
Damn it! Damn every one of those racist, sexist, selfish MF's FakeNoose Nov 5 #5
So, that's thousands of Dem votes that won't get counted in a swing state Bayard Nov 5 #6

OldBaldy1701E

(6,415 posts)
1. It is a simple question, isn't it?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:22 AM
Nov 5

Does one vote for the party that is having a lawful election or does one vote for the party that is trying to destroy the entire thing in the name of greed and power?

It should be a simple decision, shouldn't it?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,666 posts)
3. Part of Trump's plan
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 10:19 AM
Nov 5

Declare the election invalid and the state legislatures will crown him king.

Not going to happen.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
6. So, that's thousands of Dem votes that won't get counted in a swing state
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:53 PM
Nov 5

180 challenges filed by one person alone.

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