On March 23, Cheri Honkala, the Green Party nominee for the March 21 special election for Pennsylvania House, 197th district, said she will sue Philadelphia election officials and others for many instances of voter intimidation and mishandling of ballots. See this story. The Republican nominee has also asked that the ballots be sealed, but she has apparently not yet said that she will sue. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Do we know if any of the write-in candidates are allowed to have representatives at today’s counting of the write-in ballots?
The local DA’s office is reportedly opening an investigation. (Mind you, the DA himself has just been arraigned on “23 counts of charges that included bribery and extortion”.)
Philadelphia is a special kind of special.