Right-wing media are exploiting expected counting delays of mail-in ballots during the midterm elections to create electoral chaos, claiming in advance of Election Day that delayed results would be a sign of election fraud by Democrats. Their focus is narrowing in on Pennsylvania where the Senate race is expected to be close and a 2020 election denier is running on the Republican ticket for governor.
As even Fox News admitted after Election Day in 2020, the reason for the delay in counting mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania is due to the GOP-led legislature. Pennsylvania election law does not allow for mail-in ballots to be counted prior to Election Day, which adds time to determining the winner. And as Philadelphia NPR affiliate WHYY explained, the Republican-controlled state legislature has repeatedly refused to pass a simple law allowing the counting of mail-in ballots prior to Election Day without creating additional hurdles to voting.
Right-wing media are casting doubt on the Pennsylvania election by fearmongering about the validity of mail-in ballots, which is a safe and secure way to vote. In doing so, they are once again trying their 2020 strategy to undermine election results by suggesting that mail-in ballots cannot be trusted due to the length of time it takes to count them. The way the electoral process is currently set up in Pennsylvania and some other states creates a “red mirage” during elections where early returns from votes cast on Election Day favor the...
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