A new RNC lawsuit would pause Montco mail voting and force a hand count of ballots already distributed [View all]

The Republican National Committee and U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick are suing to temporarily stop Montgomery County from distributing and collecting mail ballots.

The suit, which was filed Friday, also demands that the county hand count all mail ballots that have already been distributed, a process that could add several days to the vote counting process in November.

In a statement Monday, the Department of State, which issued the Pennsylvania directives the RNC cites in its complaint, called the lawsuit frivolous and said Montgomery County did everything required before sending its ballots.

Montgomery County was the first in the Philadelphia area to begin distributing mail ballots when the county election board announced last Tuesday that ballots were available, just one day after the Pennsylvania Department of State certified the candidates on November’s general election ballot.




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