{"id":1489684,"date":"2022-05-24T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489684"},"modified":"2022-05-24T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:44:55","slug":"disenfranchising-these-voters-mccormick-sues-pennsylvania-election-boards-to-count-undated-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disenfranchising-these-voters-mccormick-sues-pennsylvania-election-boards-to-count-undated-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Disenfranchising These Voters\u2019: McCormick Sues Pennsylvania Election Boards To Count Undated Ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisenfranchising-these-voters-mccormick-sues-pennsylvania-election-boards-to-count-undated-ballots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick sued in Pennsylvania court on Monday to make county election boards count undated mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n<p>As McCormick, a former Bush administration official, trails Republican primary rival Dr. Mehmet Oz by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecisionDeskHQ\/status\/1528820328897593344\">less than 1,000 votes<\/a>, his campaign argued in a lawsuit that election officials must tally mail-in and absentee ballots that do not have a date on their envelopes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese ballots were indisputably submitted on time \u2014 they were date-stamped upon receipt \u2014 and no fraud or irregularity has been alleged,\u201d McCormick\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22035499-mccormick-undated-ballots-lawsuit\">lawsuit<\/a> argued. \u201cThe Boards\u2019 only basis for disenfranchising these voters is a technical error that is immaterial under both state and federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit \u2014 which follows a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/23\/mccormick-oz-pennsylvania-senate-ballot-fight-court-00034570\">federal court decision<\/a> declaring that undated ballots in a 2021 Pennsylvania county judgeship election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/pennsylvania\/mc-nws-pa-lehigh-mail-ballot-dates-ruling-20220520-mbbqalcjsrgi5owxj5psgin6hu-story.html\">must be counted<\/a> \u2014 therefore demands that the election boards count ballots \u201cthat were returned on time but that lack a handwritten date on the exterior mailing envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCormick\u2019s suit comes days after the Oz campaign alleged that his rival is \u201cfollowing the Democrats\u2019 playbook\u201d and eroding voters\u2019 confidence in election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid McCormick has been a formidable opponent, but it is becoming obvious that he is likely going to come up short to Dr. Mehmet Oz,\u201d campaign manager Casey Contres said on Saturday. \u201cUnfortunately, the McCormick legal team is following the Democrats\u2019 playbook, a tactic that could have long-term harmful consequences for elections in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a clear contrast between Dr. Mehmet Oz\u2019s efforts to secure America\u2019s democratic process and John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee, who doesn\u2019t even want to require Pennsylvanians to show ID to vote,\u201d Contres argued. \u201cAs a party, and as a people, Dr. Mehmet Oz believes we must restore faith in our government institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oz was the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pennsylvania-gop-senate-primary-might-be-two-way-contest-between-oz-and-barnette-poll-suggests\">polarizing<\/a> Republican candidate in the Senate primary, according to an Emerson College poll taken ahead of the election. Although he is leading slightly in the race, 48% of Republicans reported a \u201csomewhat or strongly unfavorable opinion\u201d of Oz, while 32% had an unfavorable view of McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>Oz performed particularly well in the eastern part of the commonwealth, while McCormick won many counties in the western and central portions. The results come despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pennsylvania-gop-senate-primary-might-be-two-way-contest-between-oz-and-barnette-poll-suggests\">polls<\/a> in the days before the primary election that indicated a two-way contest between Oz and conservative commentator Kathy Barnette, who surged late in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, former President Donald Trump prompted Oz \u2014 his endorsed candidate \u2014 to claim the win. \u201cDr. Oz should declare victory. It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they \u2018just happened to find,\u2019\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/trump-dr-oz-should-declare-victory-pennsylvania-00033420\">claimed<\/a> on Truth Social, his social media company.<\/p>\n<p>Oz or McCormick will face Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the winner of the Democratic Senate primary, in November. The victor will then succeed Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican who is retiring after two terms in the Senate. Democrats therefore have a chance to flip the seat in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pennsylvania-democrats-pick-basketball-shorts-and-hoodie-clad-john-fetterman-over-rising-star-conor-lamb-in-senate-primary\">defeated<\/a> U.S. Congressman Conor Lamb despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-democrat-in-pennsylvania-senate-race-to-get-pacemaker-campaign-announces-on-election-day\">suffering a stroke<\/a> in the week before the election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick sued in Pennsylvania court on Monday to make county election boards count undated mail-in ballots. As McCormick, a former Bush administration official, trails Republican primary rival Dr. Mehmet Oz by less than 1,000 votes, his campaign argued in a lawsuit that election officials must tally mail-in and absentee ballots that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1486991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1486991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}