ELECTION UPDATE: Concerns rise over lines allegedly being closed early in battleground state

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There have recently been multiple incidents in Pennsylvania surrounding early voting that are raising alarms, including fraudulent voter registration applications, a questionable state supreme court ruling about ballots, and an RNC official who was arrested for simply telling people to not give up, but stay in line to vote.

Now a new video has started circulating Tuesday afternoon, which shows two “emergency services” officers setting up a sign to CLOSE a voter line at 2:30 in the afternoon.

James Blair, Political Director of the Trump 2024 Campaign & Republican National Committee, posted the video and declared, “What are you doing about this @GovernorShapiro? This is Bucks County Emergency Services shutting down the line in Doylestown right now at ~2:30 PM. This is suppressive and intimidating.”

Blair was commenting on a post by Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, who wrote, “TODAY is the last day to apply for your mail in ballot in Pennsylvania. If you are in line at a county elections office by 5 P.M., counties must give you an opportunity to apply for your mail ballot. Our @PAStateDept is working with all counties to ensure every eligible voter who wants to vote by mail ballot can do so.”

In another video, Blair announced, “Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There’s been lines like this for days across counties in PA. Only for elections officials to come out and push people out of line and tell them to come back. Voter suppression!”

Blair posted a photo and wrote, “@TheDemocrats⁩ are running around in Bucks County, PA with badges trying to pretend like they are elections officials. These people are not officials. Intimidation tactics!”

Daily Caller investigative journalist Meg Brock commented on one of the videos: “My dad just voted at the other Bucks County site and it took him 4.5 hours! He said the voting venue had very few staff working. @BucksCountyGovt you made sure to have drop boxes all around the county, why is this so poorly managed?”

Fox29Philly reporter Chris O’Connell posted another video of voters waiting in line and wrote, “Bucks County Law enforcement guarding the end of the line for voters which would designate the 5 PM deadline to apply for mail in ballots. Some who showed up later are being handed paper applications being told to hand them in by 5 PM.”

The Bucks County GOP announced Tuesday afternoon:

Our Legal team has spoken with County officials and they have provided the following clarification:

The line will be open until 5 pm. Everyone in front of this sign is guaranteed to be able to vote today.

Everyone after the sign is being given to option to either submit their mail in ballot application and receive a ballot through the mail OR submit their mail in ballot application and return tomorrow to get their ballot to vote in person at the 3 government centers including the Administration building.

We’ve been in constant contact with the Trump Campaigns Election Integrity counsel for Southeast PA and will continue to coordinate with them.

RNC co-chair Lara Trump announced on social media, “ATTENTION PENNSYLVANIA: If you are turning in your ballot EARLY in today, DO NOT GET OUT OF LINE! Every person has a right to cast their vote and no one should make you leave! SPREAD THE WORD.”

Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the state must count provisional ballots for voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected or improperly filled out.

Elections officials also discovered thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications, which included inaccurate addresses, false names and names that did not match the provided social security information.

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On Monday, a Pennsylvania GOP State Committeewoman and RNC Delegate announced that she was arrested for encouraging people to stay in line and vote at a courthouse in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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