A group of citizens are challenging hundreds of mail ballot applications in southeast Pennsylvania, claiming they were submitted by voters who have moved to a new address that disqualifies them from voting in the state.
The challengers, apparently working as organized activists across multiple counties, are claiming that these voters are ineligible for a mail ballot because the address in the state’s mail ballot request file does not match an address connected to the voter’s name in a U.S. Postal Service database. This method of cross-checking has been regularly criticized by election experts as insufficient to confirm that the records refer to the same person.
The challenges filed with counties claim the voters are no longer Pennsylvania residents and thus are not eligible voters and cannot receive a mail ballot. The challenges apparently cite data from the Postal Service’s National Change of Address database showing a record that someone matching the voter’s name has filed an address change for mail delivery.
Former Republican strategist Mike Madrid tells The New Republic's Greg Sargent that former President Donald Trump's decision to have a Puerto Rico-bashing comedian open for him at his Madison Square Garden rally may really cost him the 2024 presidential election.
In an interview with Sargent, Madrid outlines why even a tiny shift among Pennsylvania's population of Puerto Rican voters could make all the difference in a state where polls suggest a dead heat between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
"There are 450,000 Puerto Ricans, not all of them are registered to vote," explained Madrid. "That’s just the population. About 6 percent of the Pennsylvania electorate is Latino; about 3.7 percent is of Puerto Rican–descent. A city like Allentown has 33,500 Puerto Ricans alone. So in Allentown, you could actually make a significant impact by coalescing... just Allentown alone could really make a big difference in the statewide outcome of the contest."
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