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From The Federalist: Pennsylvania election policies for overseas voters have created vulnerabilities that could lead to corruption according to a court case. With early voting underway, the Pennsylvania Department of State and six members of Congress have been in a legal battle over whether these voters’ identities should be verified before they are given a ballot.
But the case was dismissed Tuesday, at the request of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt, not based on the merits of the case but because of timing. Plaintiffs “delayed too long to file their action, they lack standing, they have failed to join indispensable parties, and they have failed to articulate a viable cause of action,” Judge Christopher C. Conner of the U.S. Middle District Court of Pennsylvania said in his decision.
The case was brought by U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler, Dan Meuser, Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, Lloyd Smucker, Mike Kelly, and Scott Perry, who joined the action later.
The case stems from guidance the state gave counties regarding the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), a federal law that assures American citizens who are out of the country can still vote. Sometimes UOCAVA voters are called military voters because they used to be mostly military. But since 2014, nonmilitary voters have outpaced those in the military, data from the Election Administration and Voting Survey shows.
The report further states:
This year, 32,711 UOCAVA voters have requested ballots in Pennsylvania as of Oct. 21. Of those, 5,681, that is, just 17 percent, are military voters, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The Pennsylvania Department of State has directed county election officials that they must register overseas voters who apply for voter registration, even if the county cannot verify the requester’s identity by matching a driver’s license or Social Security Number to the state databases, which is required by the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA).
WATCH the news report below for more details:
Prominent X user “Insurrection Barbie” shared the following details last week:
Democrats Abroad claim that there are 1.6 million swing state eligible voters living abroad.
According to their own website when you register to vote and request a ballot from overseas, in a state like MI for example, all you need is your SS number and your address. But the disclaimer says that if you don’t have the last four of your Social Security number or a valid United States ID, you should still apply for a ballot because most states will accept the form without a social security number or a state ID.
According to federal data there is a total of 2.8 million eligible voters living overseas.
So according to Democrats Abroad, 57% of those eligible overseas voters are all living in the six swing states? While the remaining 43% are scattered across the remaining 44 states? Even though California, New York, Texas and Florida are the states with the largest populations?
Are there giant red alarm bells going off or not so much…serious question.
Democrats Abroad claim that there are 1.6 million swing state eligible voters living abroad.
According to their own website when you register to vote and request a ballot from overseas, in a state like MI for example, all you need is your SS number and your address. But the… pic.twitter.com/rGGCG6JFXs
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) October 21, 2024
Judge Kills Case That Would Require Pennsylvania To Verify Overseas Voters’ Identitieshttps://t.co/adUdSaXJyH
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) October 30, 2024
Judge tosses GOP congressmen’s challenge to ballots of Pennsylvanians living overseas https://t.co/mmayDmtVcF
— Philadelphia Inquirer Politics (@PoliticsINQ) October 30, 2024
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