Marc Elias has faced sanctions and condemnation over his efforts to undermine duly elected Republicans
Senate candidate John Fetterman has tapped a scandal-plagued Democratic superlawyer to force Pennsylvania’s election boards to count undated mail-in ballots, which the state supreme court outlawed earlier this month.
Elias Law Group, the firm founded by veteran Democratic attorney Marc Elias, filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of the Fetterman campaign and two Democratic groups to require the state’s 67 county election boards to count mail-in ballots that are undated or dated incorrectly. The 11th-hour legal challenge is a response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that those ballots cannot be counted. Republicans have raised concerns about mail-in ballots, claiming they are prime targets for voter fraud. Democrats say the date requirement violates the Civil Rights Act because it denies the right to vote for reasons that are "not material to determining that individual’s eligibility."
Elias Law Group claims that "thousands" of undated mail-in ballots have been cast so far in the pivotal race.
In turning to Elias, Fetterman is allying himself with an attorney who has faced legal sanctions and widespread condemnation over his efforts to undermine duly elected Republicans.
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