Tonight at 5 and 6, we're 50 days from the election. By the letter of the law, mail-in ballots CAN go out today. But they will not.
The reason: Ongoing litigation in Harrisburg about finalizing the ballot.
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The ballot needs to be "finalized", approved by a court before going to voters. Right now, Pa. Democrats are saying the Green Party didn't do the necessary work to ensure their Presidential and VP candidates should be on the ballot.
No exact word on what's next in the case.
President Donald Trump's 2016 margin in Pennsylvania: 44,292 votes.
Number of votes Green Party candidate Jill Stein got: 49,941
"No. I’m not nervous. It is common to have ballots delayed by court cases and other things," Mary Beth Kuznik tells me. Kuznik is Elections Manager in Armstrong County and tells me delays like this are pretty common and the courts typically know to be quick with these decisions.
Got some updated numbers from Allegheny County Elections Board.
Requested 248,572
Democrat 184,808
Republican 45,445
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