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Update on Pennsylvania’s Rejection of Thousands of Undated 2022 Ballots

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

We reported last year on the struggle in Pennsylvania over the rejection of thousands of undated mail-in ballots. Here’s an update, and tomorrow, we’ll tell you more about the fight to fix it.

Not Counting Undated Absentee Ballots May Have Determined Outcome in PA House Race

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

We’re zooming in on Bucks County, Pennsylvania today, where the initial margin in a race for Pennsylvania’s 142nd state house district was just 53 votes. But this wasn’t just any race; this was a race which would determine control of the Pennsylvania legislature.

ADM for Aug. 17, 2022: Michigan Big Lie Voting Machine Tampering Conspiracy May Have Involved More States

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

We reported in June and again last week about the widening Big Lie voting machine tampering conspiracy in Michigan implicating a GOP candidate for attorney general. Now, reporting in the Washington Post suggests the conspiracy may have been coordinated nationally, similar to the fake presidential elector scheme.

American Democracy Minute for August 9, 2022: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds No Excuse Mail-in Voting Law

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

August 2nd, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld Act 77, a bill allowing mail-in voting for all citizens, which passed with bipartisan support in 2019. The Big Lie caused some of the legislators who voted for the bill to join a suit against it after the 2020 election.

American Democracy Minute for July 22, 2022: Courts Ordered Undated PA Mail Ballots to Be Counted; 3 Counties Refused

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Remember the undated mail ballot cases in Pennsylvania? Federal courts mandated the ballots be counted, overriding state law. Sixty-four counties followed the court’s order after the May 17th primary. Three counties did not.