If PA Republican's are so sure of their victory, why are they working so hard to reject provisional ballots? [View all]
After getting ballots rejected for trivial reasons (like for failing to include the inner secrecy envelope), the R party is now trying to limit counting of provisional ballots.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/pennsylvania-gop-senate-candidate-fails-in-attempts-to-target-provisional-ballots/
In one lawsuit, McCormick sued the Philadelphia County Board of Elections and three Philadelphia City commissioners on Thursday, seeking to increase the number of Republican observers authorized to examine the counting of provisional ballots cast in the 2024 election.
On Friday, Nov. 8, Philadelphia County had started to examine and count around 15,000 to 20,000 provisional ballots cast in the general election. Pennsylvania law specifically allows each political party to have one observer of the process and each candidate running for office to have one.
. . .On Friday, a judge rejected his emergency motion, and as a result, Philadelphia County will continue its examination and counting of provisional ballots with the current number of Republican-authorized representatives.
McCormick brought a second lawsuit on Friday against the county, seeking the ability to challenge large categories of provisional ballots together, known as “global challenges.” He also asked the court to segregate provisional ballots from voters who originally requested mail-in or absentee ballots. In a hearing this afternoon, McCormick orally withdrew the lawsuit.
Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that under state law, voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected due to minor errors like a missing inner secrecy envelope must be allowed to vote provisionally.
The Republican National Committee and Pennsylvania Republican Party strongly opposed the ruling and appealed that case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation’s highest court declined to block the ruling ahead of the 2024 general election, but several justices indicated the case presents an important legal question that the courts should resolve.