The officials in New Mexico, Nevada and Pennsylvania have echoed Trump's lies about voter fraud on the campaign trail.
The Pennsylvania Department of State earlier this month, asking a state court to order them to include all valid ballots “even if the voter failed to write a date on the declaration printed on the ballot’s return envelope.”
“It is imperative that every legal vote cast by a qualified voter is counted,” Molly Stieber, a spokeswoman for state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, told. “The 64 other counties in Pennsylvania have complied and accurately certified their election results. Counties cannot abuse their responsibility for running elections as an excuse to unlawfully disenfranchise voters.”
Leinbach said he “could not in good conscience vote to certify undated ballots,” adding that “this type of issue is what is causing a lack of trust in the system.”the county had “properly certified” its results in accordance with state law and court orders. It’s unclear which way the Supreme Court may rule. Only Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented in the earlier emergency order, arguing that the lower court ruling wasThe American Civil Liberties Union defended the appellate court ruling after Alito’s dissent.
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