Thread by @lancstandsup

Election Alert!

The County Commissioners reported today that they have decided NOT to immediately count ballots that are received up to three days after the election despite the Supreme Court upholding the ruling to do so. This is a blatant attempt to delay reporting votes.

At yesterday’s BOE meeting this item was NOT on the agenda. Still, the decision was made to set aside these ballots and not count them until a later Supreme Court decision. But the SC already upheld the ruling to count ballots that are received up to three days after November 3rd

as long as they are postmarked before Election Day. There is currently no outstanding challenge to this ruling. Yet the Commissioners and the BOE have taken it upon themselves to refuse to count these ballots until 8 DAYS after the election or until a Supreme Court ruling which

is not pending. This is an outrageous and undemocratic effort by Commissioners Josh Parsons and Ray D’Agostino to delay counting every vote in Lancaster—in hopes, it seems, that these votes might never be counted.

They’re attempting to suppress as many of their constituents’ votes as possible in case the election does not go their way. Commissioner Lehman put out a statement today stating that, according to the ruling, these votes should be counted immediately like all other legal ballots.

We need to call on Commissioner Josh Parsons and Ray D’Agostino to COUNT EVERY VOTE!

Also, please contact Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office (717-787-3391) to let them know about this unacceptable effort to suppress votes in Lancaster County.

We will do everything in our power to make sure that every vote is counted according to the established rules.