Deadline Extended in Two Pennsylvania Counties to Apply In Person for a Mail-in Ballot
Pennsylvania courts extended the deadline for voters to apply for and receive mail-in ballots at election offices in two counties on Wednesday.
In Pennsylvania, the deadline to apply for mail-in ballots in person at county election offices was 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) sued the Bucks County Board of Elections in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, alleging that voters waiting in line to apply for and receive mail-in ballots at election offices were turned away.
Democracy Docket reached out to the Bucks County Board of Elections for comment.
The Trump Campaign and the RNC, along with the Pennsylvania GOP and Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick, asked a court to declare that Bucks County’s actions violated state law and order the county election board to extend the in-person deadline for applying for and receiving mail-in ballots to the close of business on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
The same day, a judge ordered the county’s Board of Elections to allow voters to apply for, receive, vote and return a mail-in ballot in person before the close of business on Friday.
Also on Tuesday, the Lehigh County Board of Elections asked a court to extend the deadline for its county to 5 p.m. on Wednesday because Trump’s rally in Allentown caused road closures that restricted access to the elections office. The judge granted the board’s request.