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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4669978" data-attributes="member: 48469">Is the issue lack of segregation or that PA Republicans don&#039;t like the US Supreme Court&#039;s three day ballot counting ruling? <a href="https://local21news.com/news/local/supreme-court-tells-pa-counties-to-segregate-any-ballots-received-after-8pm-on-electi" target="_blank">Pennsylvania counties told to segregate ballots received after 8pm on Election Day</a>&quot;New guidance from the state means ballots received after 8:00 p.m. on Election Day must be separated from all other ballots, should a future court ruling mean they cannot be counted.The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth issued guidance to the county boards of election directing them to securely segregate all mail-in and civilian absentee ballots received between 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020, from all other voted ballots, according to a letter sent to the U.S. Supreme Court from the Attorney General&#039;s Office.The <a href="https://local21news.com/news/local/mailed-in-ballots-received-three-days-after-nov-3-will-count" target="_blank">U.S. Supreme Court ruled</a> that absentee and mail-in ballots mailed by voters and postmarked by 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 shall be counted if they are valid and received by the county boards of election on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020.Pennsylvania Republicans are challenging the Supreme Court ruling that allows for ballots received up to three days after the election to be counted. With the influx of mail-in ballots expected, they also have this advice for counties.&quot;I&#039;m going to strongly urge every single county to start pre-canvassing the ballots on Election Day. If it&#039;s not 7:00 a.m. at some point on Election Day because it&#039;s going to take a while,&quot; Secretary of the Commonwealth, Kathy Boockvar said. &quot;And the sooner they start, the sooner they&#039;ll finish.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4669978, member: 48469"] Is the issue lack of segregation or that PA Republicans don't like the US Supreme Court's three day ballot counting ruling? [URL="https://local21news.com/news/local/supreme-court-tells-pa-counties-to-segregate-any-ballots-received-after-8pm-on-electi"]Pennsylvania counties told to segregate ballots received after 8pm on Election Day[/URL] "New guidance from the state means ballots received after 8:00 p.m. on Election Day must be separated from all other ballots, should a future court ruling mean they cannot be counted. The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth issued guidance to the county boards of election directing them to securely segregate all mail-in and civilian absentee ballots received between 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020, from all other voted ballots, according to a letter sent to the U.S. Supreme Court from the Attorney General's Office. The [URL='https://local21news.com/news/local/mailed-in-ballots-received-three-days-after-nov-3-will-count']U.S. Supreme Court ruled[/URL] that absentee and mail-in ballots mailed by voters and postmarked by 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 shall be counted if they are valid and received by the county boards of election on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020. Pennsylvania Republicans are challenging the Supreme Court ruling that allows for ballots received up to three days after the election to be counted. With the influx of mail-in ballots expected, they also have this advice for counties. "I'm going to strongly urge every single county to start pre-canvassing the ballots on Election Day. If it's not 7:00 a.m. at some point on Election Day because it's going to take a while," Secretary of the Commonwealth, Kathy Boockvar said. "And the sooner they start, the sooner they'll finish." [/QUOTE]

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