A new RNC lawsuit would pause Montco mail voting and force a hand count of ballots already distributed

[RandySF]

The Republican National Committee and U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick are suing to temporarily stop Montgomery County from distributing and collecting mail ballots.

The suit, which was filed Friday, also demands that the county hand count all mail ballots that have already been distributed, a process that could add several days to the vote counting process in November.

In a statement Monday, the Department of State, which issued the Pennsylvania directives the RNC cites in its complaint, called the lawsuit frivolous and said Montgomery County did everything required before sending its ballots.

Montgomery County was the first in the Philadelphia area to begin distributing mail ballots when the county election board announced last Tuesday that ballots were available, just one day after the Pennsylvania Department of State certified the candidates on November’s general election ballot.




https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/rnc-dave-mccormick-mail-ballot-lawsuit-20240923.html

[Figarosmom]

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[RandySF]

2. Here we go.

In a lawsuit filed in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas alongside local Republicans, the RNC argued that the county’s quick start to mail voting violated Pennsylvania election law because ballots were distributed before the county began state-mandated logic and accuracy testing on election systems.

That testing is required before an election begins. By sending ballots before that testing, the RNC argued, Montgomery County began the general election.

“Remarkably, Defendants were aware that the L&A testing had not been completed on September 17, 2024 and public stated it would not commence until September 19, 2024,” the lawsuit said.....

However, the Department of State said the testing the RNC is referring to must be done 15 days before Election Day, not before ballots are printed and sent.

[Figarosmom]

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