{"id":122286,"date":"2024-11-05T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122286"},"modified":"2024-11-05T09:41:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:41:47","slug":"last-minute-challenges-in-battleground-pennsylvania-target-thousands-of-mail-in-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122286","title":{"rendered":"Last-minute challenges in battleground Pennsylvania target thousands of mail-in ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000h3b6mw6kcc5jw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Thousands of mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania have been targeted for rejection as part of a last-minute campaign that has set off alarms for voting rights groups and exasperated local election officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000i3b6mm36ji6zj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The effort \u2013 which appears to be spearheaded by just a handful of individuals \u2013 is seeking to toss out ballots from overseas voters and to challenge the eligibility of people who, at some point, had requested to have their mail forwarded to another address.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000j3b6ma9esody7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            More than a dozen counties received these challenges, according to CNN\u2019s outreach to local and state officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000k3b6m7n0bajb4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some election boards already have set aside the complaints as meritless, but they come as officials are scrambling to carry Tuesday\u2019s consequential election in a state that could determine the outcome of the race for the White House.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000l3b6md29ln5wz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s going to make voters nervous and it\u2019s creating totally \u2013 frankly \u2013 BS work for election boards when they\u2019re trying to do an important job,\u201d said Ari Savitzky, a senior attorney for the ACLU.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000m3b6mn8dvsxcj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In some counties, the challenges were filed minutes before the Friday deadline for such objections. Bucks County, for instance, received nearly 1,200 challenges to overseas voters about 15 minutes before the 5 p.m. deadline Friday deadline, according to county spokesperson Jim O\u2019Malley.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000n3b6m2vus08du@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Challenges filed in Bucks County \u2013 which includes Philadelphia\u2019s northeastern suburbs \u2013 were all filed by Pennsylvania state Sen. Jarrett Coleman, O\u2019Malley said. Coleman also filed 519 challenges to overseas voters in Lehigh County, according to Tim Benyo, that county\u2019s elections chief.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000o3b6mdkzegoiv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Coleman, a Republican who represents parts of both counties, did not return CNN\u2019s request for comment. A fellow state Republican senator, Sen. Cris Dush, filed challenges to 77 voters in Centre County; his office declined to comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000p3b6mav2zvboc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A statement from the office of Pennsylvania\u2019s top election official, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, described the \u201cbad-faith mass challenges\u201d as a \u201ccoordinated effort\u201d that were \u201cbased on theories that courts have repeatedly rejected.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000q3b6m3kpb092b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At least 3,000 Americans abroad who applied to vote by mail in Pennsylvania had their ballots challenged. Hundreds of mail voters were also targeted with challenges that appear to have been assembled using US Postal Services\u2019 database for people who have requested a change of address.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000r3b6m2nbz0sos@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Republicans and outside conservative groups have launched legal assaults against overseas ballots in multiple battleground states, including Pennsylvania, after Democrats touted efforts to turn out citizens who live abroad.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000s3b6mxe11tdby@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Though the overseas vote has long been associated with military voters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/17\/politics\/overseas-voters-lawsuits-democrats-republicans\/index.html\">civilian expats overseas now outnumber those voters<\/a>. In the 2020 presidential election, there were more than 28,000 overseas voters in 2020 in Pennsylvania \u2013 a state that President Joe Biden won by fewer than 90,000 votes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000u3b6m0q6q81cl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Chester County disposed of the 212 challenges filed last week based on US Postal Service data at a Friday hearing where several individuals who had been challenged confirmed their eligibility to vote in Pennsylvania, with some citing their current status as students at out-of-state colleges or graduate schools.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000v3b6mw1g0lr2i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In Lycoming County, the mail ballots of 71 overseas voters were challenged by Karen DiSalvo, who previously represented a group of Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania that filed an unsuccessful lawsuit seeking more stringent verification procedures for overseas ballots. Pennsylvania officials said that the lawsuit risked disenfranchising \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of overseas voters, including those in uniform.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000w3b6m48az3197@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In an email to CNN, DiSalvo said she had filed the challenges against non-military members overseas who had applied for mail ballots but were not registered to vote in the county.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000x3b6msfc02r9q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In Washington and Beaver counties, a total of 265 mail ballot applications were challenged by Charles Faltenovich, who sits on the steering committee of PA Fair Elections, which says it aims for \u201csecure elections\u201d in the state and was involved in the overseas ballot lawsuit in Pennsylvania.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000y3b6mcu8v1jx8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Faltenovich told CNN his challenges were not connected to the group and that he targeted applicants who indicated on their ballot application that they are currently and indefinitely out of the country and that they are not a member of the military.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp000z3b6mhn5vnw8z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While states can enforce voter registration requirements for overseas citizens, Pennsylvania law doesn\u2019t appear to explicitly address this category of voters, said Michael Morley, an election law expert at Florida State University. And federal law makes clear that these voters have the right to continue voting in the state they last resided in when they lived in the United States, he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp00103b6mv9v295hx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn the absence of a registration requirement that applies to (overseas voters), election officials are required to fill their timely submitted absentee ballot requests,\u201d Morley said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp00113b6m9qnji801@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The deadline for county election boards to resolve these challenges is November 8, which is when the Lycoming County Board of Elections has scheduled its hearing on the challenges filed there. If a voter is disqualified, her or she has the option to appeal in Pennsylvania court, as does a challenger whose challenge is rejected.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp00123b6mw9s0q8q1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            DiSalvo told CNN she will \u201clikely appeal the challenges in court\u201d if they are rejected by the county board.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33lzmhp00133b6m9owy36fa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Danya Gainor contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/04\/politics\/pennsylvania-last-minute-mail-in-challenges\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Thousands of mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania have been targeted for rejection as part of a last-minute campaign that has set off alarms for voting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122286\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}