Trump campaign sues a Pennsylvania county to extend mail ballot application deadline amid long lines
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Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign is suing a Pennsylvania county in hopes of extending an in-person voting option by a day after complaints about long lines on Tuesday, which was the final day to apply in-person for a mail-in ballot.
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Unlike other states that offer early voting with machines similar to Election Day, Pennsylvania voters who want to cast a ballot early in-person must request a mail ballot, receive it, then cast it.
HARRISBURG — Donald Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania on Wednesday in hopes of briefly extending an in-person voting option in one suburban Philadelphia county where long lines on the final day spurred complaints that voters were being disenfranchised by an unprepared election office.
A judge ruled that election officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, wrongly turned away voters who were waiting in line for on-demand mail-in ballots.
The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against Bucks County, a populous, purple county in Pennsylvania, over allegations officials were kicking people out of lines.
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign is suing a Pennsylvania county in hopes of extending an in-person voting option by a day after complaints about long lines on Tuesday, which was the final day to apply in-person for a mail-in ballot.
The legal action comes as Republicans have grown increasingly frustrated in recent days over the long lines outside the county administration building and satellite offices.
