Activists are challenging the eligibility of hundreds of voters in Philly's suburbs. Experts say the effort is legally b
In what appears to be an organized effort, right-leaning activists have challenged the mail ballot applications of hundreds of voters in the Philadelphia suburbs in recent days, claiming their targets no longer live at the addresses where they are registered to vote.
But voting rights advocates broadly dismiss the effort as baseless, legally invalid, and born of a misunderstanding of government data.
While they predict most of the challenges will be swiftly rejected, they say the campaign is yet another instance of a loose network of right-wing organizers billing themselves as “election integrity” advocates sowing confusion about state voting laws and creating headaches for elections administrators already bombarded by misinformation surrounding the voting process.
“Add it to the pile,” Bucks County spokesperson James O’Malley lamented when asked about the challenges to 191 mail ballot applications administrators received in that county. He said the county’s board of elections would review them in the proper course.
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