Remember during the 2020 elections, when several blue states (including the commonwealth of Pennsylvania) rewrote on the fly the laws about how, when, and where mail-in ballots (AKA vote by mail) would be counted? It led to many voters becoming jaded and distrustful of a system that had been considered one of the most honest and free to hold elections in the world.
Courts ended up striking down those revised laws, and now we have news of a massive win for election integrity on mail-in ballots by the state Supreme Court in one of those states–the Keystone state of Pennsylvania:
This is a MASSIVE win that will have major implications in the most important swing state in 2024.
The PA Supreme Court has a 5-2 liberal majority.
Yet they just ruled 4-3 that it’s illegal to count misdated mail in ballots, overturning decisions made by liberal lower courts. https://t.co/02PzMaWMRV pic.twitter.com/YHgGUpQvFH
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 13, 2024
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This is a MASSIVE win that will have major implications in the most important swing state in 2024.
The PA Supreme Court has a 5-2 liberal majority.
Yet they just ruled 4-3 that it’s illegal to count misdated mail in ballots, overturning decisions made by liberal lower courts.
An election security group, RITE, swiftly celebrated the ruling with a statement:
Big victory in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on mail-in ballots.
Undated ballots will not be counted.
Our statement, from RITE President Derek Lyons. pic.twitter.com/uK48ig8MiV
— Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) (@Restoring_USA) September 13, 2024
The RNC and Trump 2024 Campaign political director, James Blair, reacted with jubilation on the news
🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court just overturned a lower court and ruled that misdated ballots can indeed be thrown out.
Liberal group had sued to force such ballots to be counted.
Huge Election Integrity Win!
— James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) September 13, 2024
UPDATE: The Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley and Co-Chair Lara Trump have released a statement on the court ruling:
“This is a huge win to protect the vote in Pennsylvania that will secure commonsense mail ballot safeguards and help voters cast their ballots with confidence. The Keystone State will be absolutely critical in this election, and the Supreme Court has decided a major victory for election integrity.”
As this is a breaking story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.
