Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia apologized for claiming court precedent 'doesn't matter' in relation to provisional ballots.
A Democratic Pennsylvania election official apologized on Wednesday for controversially claiming that court precedent 'doesn't matter in this country,' as the recount in the U.S. Senate race begins in the state. In a meeting last week, Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Democrat, voted to count provisional ballots that were missing one of two required voter signatures.
'When I inartfully spoke and used the word precedent when I was talking about provisional ballots, I was referring to the United States Supreme Court, and the precedent that has been lost on many issues including Roe v. Wade.
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