Pennsylvania officials sue county election boards in the latest confrontation over certifying results – By Fredreka Schouten (CNN) / July 12, 2022
(CNN) – Pennsylvania’s top election officials on Tuesday sued three counties for refusing to tally undated mail-in ballots cast in the state’s May 17 primary election, the latest confrontation between state and local officials over election administration.
Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh Chapman and the Pennsylvania Department of State sued the boards of election in Berks, Fayette and Lancaster counties in a bid to force them to include the undated ballots in their certified results — nearly two months after the state’s primary election.
“Three boards of elections refuse to execute their mandatory duty to certify the results of the 2022 primary election based on a full and accurate count of every lawfully cast vote,” the department wrote in its lawsuit filed in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Officials in Berks County, meanwhile, declined to comment on “ongoing litigation.”
CNN has also reached out to officials in Fayette County for comment.
