Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia apologized for claiming court precedent "doesn't matter" in relation to provisional ballots.

A Democratic election official in Pennsylvania offered an impassioned apology Wednesday for claiming “precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country” to justify counting about 600 faulty ballots in defiance of state Supreme Court rulings.

Democratic-majority election boards in Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Bucks counties voted last week to count the ballots that lacked a correct date.

The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a co

According to unofficial results, Republican Dave McCormick leads incumbent Democrat Bob Casey by roughly 16,000 votes. "That is a staggeringly close number considering that 36,604 Philadelphians chose to undervote the race," said Philadelphia Commissioner Lisa M Deeley (D), meaning they voted for President but skipped over the Senate race.

When Casey lost narrowly to McCormick on November 5, the three-term incumbent refused to accept the election results.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) conceded the Pennsylvania Senate race to David McCormick. The race was called days after the election for McCormick, but Casey had refused to concede. He held out longer than any other Senate candidate in the 2024 cycle.

Republican Dave McCormick will defeat Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, CNN projects, boosting the GOP majority in the Senate next year.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) has conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick in Pennslyvania’s Senate race on Thursday. “I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to