Josh Shapiro Gaslights America About What Happened In Bucks County
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Democrat officials trying to count deficient ballots in the state did so because of a lack of “legal clarity,” despite the state supreme court’s pre-election orders to not…
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Democrat officials trying to count deficient ballots in the state did so because of a lack of “legal clarity,” despite the state supreme court’s pre-election orders to not count undated or misdated ballots.
Shapiro released the statement on Monday after the state supreme court ruled that mail-in and absentee ballots that do not comply with state election code will not count as the Senate race between defeated Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Senator-elect Dave McCormick heads to recount. Shapiro said that the supposed lack of “legal clarity” is what prompted county-level officials to count deficient ballots in violation of state law.
“As counties continued counting ballots from the 2024 general election and a mandatory statewide recount begins in the U.S. Senate race, they were confronted with a lack of legal clarity surrounding undated mail-in ballots that caused significant confusion and put counties in a challenging legal position,” Shapiro said in his statement. “Both my predecessor and I have repeatedly called on lawmakers to deliver greater clarity on mail-in voting – and due to certain legislative actors refusing to act on critical election reforms, this issue had been left to the courts.”