Democrats confess theyre breaking the law to overturn McCormicks victory over Casey in Pennsylvania Senate race

PITTSBURGH and BETHLEHEM, Pa.— Democratic county officials admit they are breaking the law to overturn Pennsylvania’s Senate election for losing Sen.

Bob Casey.“I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country,” said Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, who voted Thursday to count deficient provisional ballots a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order barred, in which voters did not sign in one of two necessary boxes.“People violate laws any time they want,” Ellis-Marseglia said.“So for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention.

There’s nothing more important than counting votes.”As Democrat Casey refuses to concede and hopes a recount will overturn the race called more than a week ago for Sen.-elect Dave McCormick, Republicans allege Dems are also violating the Pennsylvania Supreme Court order not to count undated ballots and those from voters unregistered on Election Day — though they remain confident the businessman and combat vet will keep his victory after the legal shenanigans.“When counting is done, Dave will be winning by tens of thousands of votes,” Mark Davin Harris, the McCormick campaign’s lead strategist, said about the ongoing count, which has narrowed to a 22,000-vote GOP lead.“There is no path for Bob Casey to be leading heading into the recount,” Harris added.He said the burden of proof is on the Casey campaign to “show the actual math” of how it can close the gap enough to justify Pennsylvania taxpayers coughing up at least $1 million for a recount that’s required as McCormick’s lead is under 0.5 points — because the incumbent senator could call it off by admitting he lost.McCormick and his GOP allies have charged Democrats with illegally trying to count “unregistered voters’ votes.”“I am deeply disturbed by the efforts,” Harris said, noting Casey’s lawyers are appealing to county election boards to count potentially tho...