Those ballots with no date on them , but received on time, are probably be ordered to be counted by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ….(Late received ballot’s do NOT get counted)
Those ballots may help moderate Republican McComick gain enough votes to overtake Trump endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz…..
A little-watched federal court case could upend the neck-and-neck Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania between Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick.
On Friday afternoon, a three-judge panel for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a judgment saying election officials should count several hundred mail ballots that were submitted without a date written on their mailing envelopes in a November 2021 county judgeship election, as long as they were otherwise received on time.
It was not immediately clear how sweeping the reach of the circuit court’s ruling will be because a formal opinion from the panel is still forthcoming. But it could have a serious impact on the Senate race. Oz and McCormick were separated by about 1,100 votes as of Friday afternoon, and the ruling could introduce into the pool an as-yet-unknown number of similarly-situated ballots that would not have initially been counted…..
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The federal court judgment said that Pennsylvania law requiring that ballots be dated is “immaterial” under the federal law, meaning they should have no bearing on whether ballots are accepted or rejected.
Federal law reads that no person should be denied the right to vote in any election “because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election.”…
Latest Pa Senator GOP PRIMARY numbers
PA Republican Senate Update:
Mehmet Oz 418,653 (31.15%)
David McCormick 417,643 (31.08%)
Kathy Barnette 330,754 (24.61%)
McCormick reduces Oz’s lead by 60 votes since last update
Race within recount range
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