{"id":1714118,"date":"2022-10-27T17:48:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T21:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714118"},"modified":"2022-10-27T17:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T21:48:52","slug":"pa-secretary-of-state-says-election-results-face-possible-delays-in-counting-denounces-nefarious-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-secretary-of-state-says-election-results-face-possible-delays-in-counting-denounces-nefarious-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Secretary Of State Says Election Results Face Possible Delays In Counting, Denounces \u2018Nefarious\u2019 Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fpa-secretary-of-state-says-election-results-face-possible-delays-in-counting-denounces-nefarious-activity%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=1714118&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> acting Secretary of State Leigh M. Chapman said during a news conference that the state\u2019s midterm election could likely experience delays in counting the ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman said the news conference was held to prevent misinformation from spreading before the November 8 election day approaches, according to local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleynews.com\/elections\/2022-10-24\/pa-secretary-of-state-warns-possible-delays-in-election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really important for us to get accurate information about the election process in Pennsylvania,\u201d Chapman said. \u201cSo voters and the public know that when there are delays in counting, it doesn\u2019t mean that there\u2019s anything nefarious happening. It\u2019s just what the law is in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chapman told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/mtp-now-oct-26-meet-the-midterms-battleground-pennsylvania-fetterman-and-oz-debate-reactions-151651397993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a> that results for the U.S. Senate and governor races would not be available on election night because of a state law restricting when officials could begin counting mail-in ballots. However, Chapman also said she believes the spread of misinformation could lead to voting interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman said that since she has taken office at the beginning of the year, state officials have met with authorities from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to discuss the \u201ccurrent threat landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state official added that tools would be provided to Pennsylvania counties to ensure election officials would have physical and cyber security protections.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Republican leaders telling voters to drop off their ballots in election drop boxes or turn them in on Election Day rather than mailing in their votes, Chapman said voters should return the ballots as soon as possible to prevent further delay.<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Holloway, a former major crimes prosecutor, police officer, and founder of the Holloway Law Group, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilHollowayEsq\/status\/1585712039007092737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> that such ballot-counting tactics are becoming \u201cthe norm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGone are the days when election winners were revealed late on election night,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cThis new normal for elections cannot lead to public confidence in election integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 presidential election, media outlets declared Joe Biden the winner for Pennsylvania on November 7 \u2014 four days after Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chapman, more than 1.3 million Pennsylvania residents have requested mail-in ballots, with approximately 556,000 returned.<\/p>\n<p>InsiderAdvantage released a <a href=\"https:\/\/insideradvantage.com\/2022\/10\/27\/breaking-oz-ahead-of-fetterman-shapiro-leads-mastriano-in-new-pa-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> Thursday showing Republican Mehmet Oz leads Democrat John Fetterman for Pennsylvania\u2019s open U.S. Senate seat by three points, while in the governor\u2019s race, Democrat Josh Shapiro continues to hold off Republican Doug Mastriano by eight points.<\/p>\n<p>The survey of 750 likely Pennsylvania voters was conducted on October 26 with a margin of error of 3.58%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania acting Secretary of State Leigh M. Chapman said during a news conference that the state\u2019s midterm election could likely experience delays in counting the ballots. Chapman said the news conference was held to prevent misinformation from spreading before the November 8 election day approaches, according to local media. \u201cIt\u2019s really important for us to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1714121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714118","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}