Republican Election Attorneys Score Early Morning Victory in Pennsylvania: Report
The chairman of the Republican National Committee announced that the RNC has achieved its first legal victory of the day.
“Early this morning we learned that Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming, and Lackawanna Counties were being turned away,” RNC Chair Michael Whatley posted on X.
He explained, “We deployed our roving attorneys, engaged with local officials, and can now report that all Republican poll watchers have been let into the building.”
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION INTEGRITY:
— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) November 5, 2024
Early this morning we learned that Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming, and Lackawanna Counties were being turned away.
We deployed our roving attorneys, engaged with local officials,…
Whatley pointed out that the day has only just started and anticipated more challenges ahead.
“We will keep fighting, keep winning, and keep sharing updates,” he stated.
Refusing entry to R poll observers is illegal. Stopping this issue dead in its tracks is EXACTLY why we designed this EI operation.
— Lara Trump (@LaraLeaTrump) November 5, 2024
Let this serve as a warning to anyone out there today who wants to interfere in a free, fair and transparent election process, WE ARE WATCHING &… https://t.co/XhLoYPL5Fx
A separate legal dispute is underway in Wisconsin, a key swing state, according to Fox News.
The RNC announced plans to sue Milwaukee over a last-minute decision limiting the number of poll watchers in certain precincts to one per party, a move the RNC argued violated state law.
“Defendant Milwaukee Elections Commission has been arbitrarily limiting and prohibiting members of the public from observing all aspects of the voting process at polling locations in the City of Milwaukee,” the lawsuit stated.
In a joint statement, Whatley and RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump emphasized, “Wisconsin voters deserve to know that there are poll watchers from both parties in the room as votes are being cast and counted on Election Day.”
They continued, “The RNC has not recruited and trained thousands of volunteers in the Badger State simply to back down from misguided officials who want to prevent a full measure of poll-watching transparency. This lawsuit will compel officials in Milwaukee to ensure robust poll watcher access for the Republican Party.”
No decision on the suit had been reached by early Tuesday.
The RNC has also claimed a victory in Georgia, as reported by Newsweek.
HUGE election integrity victory in Georgia.
— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) November 4, 2024
Democrat-run Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 absentee ballots AFTER the Election Day deadline. We took this case to the Georgia Supreme Court.
We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day — not the week…
In Cobb County, which was won by President Joe Biden in 2020, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that all absentee ballots must be received by the time polls close on Tuesday, reversing a local judge’s decision to extend the deadline to 5 p.m. on Friday due to delays in sending out ballots.
Approximately 3,000 absentee ballots had been sent out by Cobb County.