{"id":2370725,"date":"2024-11-19T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-shapiro-makes-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:44:24","slug":"josh-shapiro-makes-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-shapiro-makes-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Shapiro Makes Excuses For Counties Counting Invalid Ballots"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fjosh-shapiro-makes-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-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=2370725&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>The article discusses \u2062Pennsylvania Governor \u200dJosh Shapiro&#8217;s controversial statements \u2064regarding election \u2064laws during the counting of\u200c mail-in ballots\u200c in the state. It criticizes\u2063 Shapiro \u2063for allegedly lying about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-senate-rejects-another-term-for-meagan-wolfe-as-state-elections-chief\/\" title=\"Meagan Wolfe denied another term as Wisconsin&#039;s State Elections Chief by Senate.\">legalities surrounding<\/a> the counting of invalid ballots, which some counties, including Bucks County, chose to include despite \u2062a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that stated these ballots \u2063should not \u200dbe counted.\u2064 The author argues that Shapiro&#8217;s delayed response to the \u200dsituation\u200c reflects a preference for political interests over\u2064 election integrity, \u200bsuggesting that he was more concerned with how the decisions would affect the Democratic party&#8217;s performance in the Senate race. The piece portrays his actions as a breach of trust with voters, \u2062who rely on elected\u2062 officials to\u200d uphold the law\u200c and maintain the integrity of the electoral process.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/governortomwolf\/52504894539\">  Governor Tom Wolf\/ Flickr<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/josh-shapiro-lies-about-election-laws-to-make-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Josh%20Shapiro%20Lies%20About%20Election%20Laws%20To%20Make%20Excuses%20For%20Counties%20Counting%20Invalid%20Ballots&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/josh-shapiro-lies-about-election-laws-to-make-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Josh%20Shapiro%20Lies%20About%20Election%20Laws%20To%20Make%20Excuses%20For%20Counties%20Counting%20Invalid%20Ballots&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/josh-shapiro-lies-about-election-laws-to-make-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/josh-shapiro-lies-about-election-laws-to-make-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Josh%20Shapiro%20Lies%20About%20Election%20Laws%20To%20Make%20Excuses%20For%20Counties%20Counting%20Invalid%20Ballots&amp;body=Shapiro's%20misleading%20statement%20wasn't%20just%20a%20failure%20of%20leadership%20%E2%80%94%20it%20is%20a%20betrayal%20of%20the%20trust%20that%20voters%20place%20in%20their%20elected%20officials.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/josh-shapiro-lies-about-election-laws-to-make-excuses-for-counties-counting-invalid-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro lied about election law on Monday night to try to excuse the behavior of Democrat election commissioners who expressly stated their intent to violate the law and flout the state Supreme Court when they decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-prevent-texas-voting-bill-from-passing-with-a-walk-out\/\" title=\"Democrats Prevent Texas Voting Bill From Passing With A Walk Out\">count invalid ballots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks County was one of several counties that decided to count mail-in ballots that were misdated or undated despite the Pennsylvania Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/03\/last-minute-supreme-court-decisions-temporarily-settle-pennsylvanias-embattled-election-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruling<\/a> those ballots were not to be counted under state law. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8fe9264dd537d24c7c6f0efa138b69a9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8fe9264dd537d24c7c6f0efa138b69a9\"><\/div>\n<p>The decision set off a flurry of lawsuits by Republicans. Rather than act swiftly to uphold the rule of law and integrity of the election, Shapiro waited days to release a statement about the decision of Democrats to count invalid ballots to try to sway the race for incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, who lost re-election to Sen.-elect Dave McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As counties continued counting ballots from the 2024 general election and a mandatory statewide recount begins in the U.S. Senate race, they were confronted with a lack of legal clarity surrounding undated mail-in ballots that caused significant confusion and put counties in a challenging legal position,&rdquo; Shapiro said in a statement. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"KtuYLhmSH2bMTp1P\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorShapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovernorShapiro<\/a> weighs in: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ctApXo71xN\">pic.twitter.com\/ctApXo71xN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carter Walker (@ByCarterWalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByCarterWalker\/status\/1858627895247421802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Given this lack of clarity, county officials in each of our 67 counties were damned if they did and damned if they didn&rsquo;t &mdash; likely facing legal action no matter which decision they made on counting,&rdquo; Shapiro continued.<\/p>\n<p>But there was no &ldquo;lack of clarity.&rdquo; In fact, Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia admitted such on Thursday when she declared she would willfully violate the law because &ldquo;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&rdquo; and because she wanted &ldquo;a court to pay attention to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d24104e33c9883820e438a85d25bf411 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d24104e33c9883820e438a85d25bf411\"><\/div>\n<p>What part about her statement indicated to Shapiro that she was confused about where the law stood?<\/p>\n<p>The truth is Shapiro knew that Ellis-Marseglia was clear on the law. It&rsquo;s exactly why he waited four days to speak up. If Shapiro was the &ldquo;moderate&rdquo; Democrat that the left wants Republicans to believe he is, he would&rsquo;ve condemned the blatant violation of state law and a clear court ruling on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Instead he sat on his hands hoping the Pennsylvania Supreme Court might somehow side with Democrats (shocker, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/18\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-once-again-rules-counties-shall-not-count-illegal-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they did not<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>But Shapiro&rsquo;s delay wasn&rsquo;t just a political misstep &mdash; it was an admission that he was more concerned about protecting his party&rsquo;s interests rather than protecting the integrity of the election process. Shapiro waited to see if the courts were going to bail out the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro&rsquo;s weak, gaslighting, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">misleading days-late statement wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t just a failure of leadership &mdash; it is a betrayal of the trust that voters place in their elected officials to follow the law and protect the electoral process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f90124c3bf67783b7f1e32676bf2d17c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f90124c3bf67783b7f1e32676bf2d17c\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1c2f6d4c4ed86b5485dcb356c3fd7bd9 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1c2f6d4c4ed86b5485dcb356c3fd7bd9\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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