Following a lawsuit from the Trump campaign, a Pennsylvania judge agreed to extend the mail-in ballot deadline in Bucks County where long lines on the final day led to complaints voters were being disenfranchised by an unprepared election office. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.
What to Know
- Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are ramping up their campaigns in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania with Election Day less than a week away.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 30, several campaign events and election-related press conferences took place in the keystone state.
- Before any of those events took place, however, Trump announced he was suing Bucks County.
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Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are ramping up their campaigns in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania with Election Day less than a week away.
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, several campaign events and election-related press conferences took place in the keystone state. The events included rallies for Kamala Harris in Philadelphia featuring filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Martin Sheen as well as a rally for Donald Trump in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, featuring Nikki Haley and GOP senate candidate Dave McCormick.
Harris, meanwhile, held a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Before any of those events took place, however, Trump announced he was suing Bucks County, Pennsylvania, amid allegations of voter suppression.
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Trump, Harris make stops to rally in North Carolina and Harrisburg
Harris promises to ‘represent all Americans' after Biden's remark on Trump supporters and ‘garbage'
By Will Weissert and Chris Megerian
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are continuing their visits to crucial battleground states ahead of the election. Both candidates made stops in North Carolina and Wisconsin on Wednesday.
Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to push past comments made by President Joe Biden about Donald Trump's supporters and “garbage " and keep the focus on her Republican opponent in the closing days of the race.
“We know we have an opportunity in this election to turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump, who has been trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other," the Democratic nominee said.
Harris held rallies in a trio of battleground states as part of a blitz in the closing week of the election, with stops Wednesday in Raleigh, North Carolina; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Madison, Wisconsin.
She stressed unity and common ground, expanding on her capstone speech Tuesday in Washington, where she laid out what her team called the “closing argument” of her campaign.
Philly man charged for threatening to bomb the Montgomery Co. GOP office
By Emily Rose Grassi
An investigation is underway after a staffer at the Montgomery County GOP spoke with a caller who threatened the office.
A Philadelphia man was arrested and charged for allegedly calling the Montgomery County Republican Committee Office and making threatening statements, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Edward Cieri Jr., 39, is accused of calling the GOP office located at 860 Penllyn Blue Bell Pike in Whitpain Township on Saturday, Oct. 26 just before 11:30 a.m., officials said.
A worker named Joseph Rittenhouse was working at the office when he answered the call from Cieri, according to officials.
When asked, Rittenhouse confirmed that he was a Republican to the caller, officials explained. This is when the caller, identified as Cieri, called Rittenhouse a derogatory word.
Stage assembled at Philadelphia Art Museum steps for VP Harris' rally next week
By Emily Rose Grassi
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to hold a rally on the Philadelphia Art Museum steps on the eve of Election Day next week. A stage is currently being built ahead of the rally.
Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Philadelphia next week, according to sources who confirmed with NBC10.
Harris is expected to speak in front of the Art Museum of Philadelphia on Monday, Nov. 4 on the eve of Election Day, the sources said.
NBC10 caught a glimpse of the stage being built outside of the famous steps to the museum on Wednesday night.
Elon Musk ordered to attend $1 million voter lottery suit hearing in Philadelphia court
By Dan Mangan,CNBC and Lora Kolodny,CNBC
Elon Musk wears a black “Make America Great Again” cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024.
Elon Musk must attend an emergency court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday morning to address a bid by the city's top prosecutor to stop the Tesla CEO and his political action committee from continuing to award $1 million prizes to registered voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania, a judge ordered Wednesday.
Also on Wednesday, attorneys for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner revealed in a court filing that his lawsuit against Musk, who is an ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and the America PAC had "triggered an avalanche of [social media] posts from Musk's followers," many of whom "made antisemitic attacks on Krasner."
After Krasner filed his suit Monday, Musk in a post on his social media site X noted his agreement with a user's claim that the district attorney knows the $1 million daily giveaway is "not illegal but wants a leftist judge to stop it before Election Day," the lawyers for the DA wrote.
Krasner's lawyers asked Judge Angelo Foglietta to order enhanced security for the hearing — originally scheduled for Friday morning — noting that one X account had posted the prosecutor's home address and wrote, "Krasner loves visitors. Mask up and leave all cellphones at home."
Nikki Haley campaigns for McCormick, Trump in Pa., Spike Lee hosts Kamala Harris event in Philly,
Money from outside of Pennsylvania could influence the Senate race
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Judge extends mail-in ballot deadline in Bucks County following lawsuit from Trump campaign
Spike Lee appears at rally for Kamala Harris in Philly
Pa. Secretary of the Commonwealth addresses election disinformation
By Hayden Mitman
Al Schmidt, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, a Republican, addressed concerns over election integrity and disinformation on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.
On Wednesday afternoon, without mentioning specific claims from former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that "Pennsylvania is cheating" -- or mentioning Trump by name at all -- Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, a Republican, addressed "media questions" over election integrity.
Schmidt took time during a regular media briefing to note that election workers across the state are working hard to ensure the upcoming election is "free, fair, safe and secure."
"Non-partisan election officials are doing their jobs across Pennsylvania and they are working very hard to ensure we have free, fair, safe and secure elections," he said.
Earlier in the day, former president Trump had posted online that "Pennsylvania is cheating, and getting caught, at large scale levels rarely seen before."
Pa. judge extends early voting option in Bucks County after Trump's lawsuit
By Marc Levy and NBC10 Staff
A judge has extended the deadline for mail-in- ballot applications for voters in Bucks County. This comes after Trump’s campaign sued the Bucks County Board of Elections. NBC10’s Claudia Vargas has the latest on what the decision means for voters in that area.
A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday sided with Donald Trump's campaign and agreed to extend an in-person voting option in suburban Philadelphia where long lines on the final day led to complaints voters were being disenfranchised by an unprepared election office.
Judge Jeffrey Trauger said in a one-page order that Bucks County voters who want to apply for an early mail ballot now have until Friday.
The Trump campaign's lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday morning, comes amid a flurry of litigation and complaints over voting in a battleground state that is expected to play a central role in helping select the next president in 2024's election.
The lawsuit sought a one-day extension, through Wednesday at 5 p.m., for voters to apply in-person for a mail-in ballot. The judge's order permits applications through the close of business on Friday.
In lawsuit, Trump campaign claims Bucks Co. voters denied mail-in ballots
In a lawsuit that the Trump campaign has filed against Bucks County, at least three people allege they were turned away by election officials as they attempted to secure mail-in ballots on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
The full text of the lawsuit is included here:
The lawsuit claims that "voters throughout Bucks County sought to request a mail-in ballot to vote in the 2024 General Election to vote "on-demand." Many traveled to the Bucks County Bureau of Elections offices only to be turned away and forced by security to leave without applying got and obtaining a mail-in ballot, as is their right under the Pennsylvania Election Code."
Amid Trump lawsuit, NBC10 reporter recounts what she saw while covering Bucks County
Voters wait outside of the government building in Doylestown on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
In announcing a lawsuit against Bucks County, officials with Donald Trump's election campaign have shared video that, they claim, shows an example of voter suppression.
In a statement released Wednesday morning, Trump's campaign claimed voters waiting in line in Pennsylvania were turned away "as early as 2:30 p.m."
Trump's campaign also shared a video from James Blair, political director of the campaign, that showed voters in line outside the government building in Doylestown, in Bucks County, and claimed that election officials were pushing people out of line as they waited for mail-in ballots.
🚨 Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
— James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) October 29, 2024
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! pic.twitter.com/aYrR1N1AeD
Pa. governor reacts to Trump's unsubstantiated claim about Pennsylvania ‘cheating'
Lehigh County extends deadline to get mail-in ballot to Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing back on former President Donald Trump alleging “cheating” in Pennsylvania just days before the election. The spat comes amid a Republican-threatened lawsuit over lines of voters claiming they were turned away in Bucks County Tuesday.
After downtown Allentown streets were closed Tuesday due to President Donald Trump's rally at the PPL Center, Lehigh County officials have extended the deadline to get a mail-in ballot by one extra day.
"Due to road closures in Downtown Allentown on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, resulting in an inability for some voters to access the Lehigh County Government Center, the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas has granted the Lehigh County Election Board request to extend the deadline for Over-the-Counter Mail Balloting to 5PM on Wednesday, October 30, 2024," the county posted on its website.
Where should people go if they would like to vote my mail?
"This order is only for in person Mail-In and Absentee Ballots for the 2024 General Election at the Lehigh County Government Center at 17 South Seventh Street, Allentown, PA 18101-2401," the county said.
Pennsylvania official debunks QAnon video claiming to show illegal ballot harvesting
Gov. Shapiro responds after Trump claims, without evidence, that Pennsylvania is ‘cheating'
Gov. Josh Shapiro responded to Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Pennsylvania is "cheating" ahead of the election.
Republican and Democratic clerks of elections are doing their jobs here in Pennsylvania – and together with law enforcement, they’re making sure only eligible voters are able to register and vote.
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) October 30, 2024
Let’s remember, in 2020, Donald Trump attacked our elections over and over.
I was… https://t.co/Ham7RnLdgD
Donald Trump files lawsuit against Bucks County, Pennsylvania
By Hayden Mitman
Following a lawsuit from the Trump campaign, a Pennsylvania judge agreed to extend the mail-in ballot deadline in Bucks County where long lines on the final day led to complaints voters were being disenfranchised by an unprepared election office. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump's campaign sued Bucks County, Pennsylvania, over claims of voter intimidation and long lines as voters gathered to get mail-in ballots on the last day they were able to request them on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
At a rally in Allentown on Tuesday, Michael Whatley, chair of the Republican National Committee, told a gathered crowd that he was "proud to announce" that the lawsuit had been brought forward.
Final push for presidency: The Lineup
What to know on Election Day 2024 in Pa., NJ, Del.
By Hayden Mitman
After you’ve submitted your vote, either before or on Election Day, what should people be watching for leading up to the race being called? NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke with the man leading the NBC election’s team about what the results will look like as the votes are being counted.
It's finally here. After four years, voters across the country will, once again, be able to cast a vote for their choice for who will be, as they say, the leader of the free world.
But, along with the upcoming presidential election, Pennsylvania voters will also be able to vote for a new attorney general, a senator and a number of U.S. representatives.
In Delaware, voters will be able to vote for president, a senator, the state's only U.S. representative and governor.
And, in New Jersey, voters will be able to vote for a senator and U.S. representatives, as well as participating in the presidential election.
