{"id":2370510,"date":"2024-11-18T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-sides-with-state-supreme-court-in-decision-not-to-count-faulty-mail-in-ballots-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T19:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:02:35","slug":"shapiro-sides-with-state-supreme-court-in-decision-not-to-count-faulty-mail-in-ballots-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-sides-with-state-supreme-court-in-decision-not-to-count-faulty-mail-in-ballots-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro sides with state Supreme Court in decision not to count faulty mail-in ballots &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fshapiro-sides-with-state-supreme-court-in-decision-not-to-count-faulty-mail-in-ballots-washington-examiner%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=2370510&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>Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania has aligned himself with the\u2064 state \u200cSupreme Court&#8217;s decision to disallow\u200c the \u2062counting of faulty mail-in ballots that lack signatures or dates. This stance comes in response to four Pennsylvania counties that have openly defied the court&#8217;s ruling, leading to a\u200d legal confrontation with the Republican National Committee (RNC). Shapiro emphasized the importance \u200bof upholding the rule of law to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-warns-bank-executives-of-severe-consequences-of-default\/\" title=\"Yellen cautions bank leaders about default&#039;s harsh outcomes.\">maintain public confidence<\/a> in the electoral process, stating that any suggestion that laws might be ignored\u200d is damaging to that confidence. His position is notable as it marks a divergence from some\u200d of his\u2063 Democratic colleagues, \u200cincluding \u2062Senator John Fetterman, who has downplayed concerns\u2063 regarding the \u2062ballots.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shapiro sides with state Supreme Court in decision not to count faulty mail-in ballots<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1885054\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Josh Shapiro\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) sided with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Josh Shapiro\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Supreme Court in its ruling that faulty mail-in ballots can&rsquo;t be counted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Four Pennsylvania counties openly disregarded a ruling from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">highest state court<\/a> that ballots without signatures or dates cannot be counted, opening up a legal battle with Republican National Committee lawyers. Shapiro came out on the side of the RNC and state Supreme Court, arguing that disregarding the ruling would damage faith in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process. The rule of law matters in Pennsylvania. &hellip; It is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric and their actions,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible &amp; does damage to faith in our electoral process. The rule of law matters in PA&hellip; it is critical for counties in both parties to respect it with both their rhetoric &amp; their actions.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorShapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovernorShapiro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1NHNLF1vYv\">pic.twitter.com\/1NHNLF1vYv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZitoSalena\/status\/1858629785708278204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shapiro is a rare case in which a Democrat has taken the side of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and RNC in the dispute. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was dismissive of concerns about the ballots, telling CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper that the matter wasn&rsquo;t important due to the small number of votes. He criticized outlets that called the race for McCormick two days after the election.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC had criticized Shapiro for not speaking up in defense of the court&rsquo;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3233889\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-stops-attempt-steal-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ruled\">ruled<\/a> in favor of the RNC regarding the faulty ballots for a second time on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, who voted to count the deficient ballots in violation of court order, admitted to breaking the law but said she was justified.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we all know that precedent by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/invasion-defense-part-of-circuit-judge-debate-in-texas-marine-barrier-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Invasion defense part of circuit judge debate in Texas marine barrier case - Washington Examiner\">court doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t matter anymore in this country,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;People violate laws any time they want. So, for me, if I violate this law, it&rsquo;s because I want a court to pay attention. There&rsquo;s nothing more important than counting votes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Trump handily won Pennsylvania, the Senate race between McCormick and incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) is one of the closest in the country. As of Monday, Casey trails McCormick by 17,439 votes out of some 3.9 million cast, including faulty ballots. Casey pressed for a recount of all ballots, which began on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race for McCormick two days after the election, though Casey has refused to concede.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1885054\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1885054\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shapiro supports PA Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling on mail-in ballots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2370511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Shapiro-DNC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39540,5013,32275,32570,32076],"class_list":["post-2370510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mail-in-ballots","tag-shapiro","tag-supreme-court","tag-voting-rights","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Shapiro-DNC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370510","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370514,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370510\/revisions\/2370514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}