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The Trump camp is taking a victory lap after the legal victory in the election case in Pennsylvania

The Trump camp is taking a victory lap after the legal victory in the election case in Pennsylvania

The Trump campaign won a legal victory on Wednesday when a Pennsylvania court issued a preliminary injunction extending mail-in ballot applications by one day, following a lawsuit by the Trump campaign.

“Victory in Pennsylvania Lawsuit We just won the Trump Campaign/RNC lawsuit against Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We will now have extended early in-person absentee voting until November 1st – three additional days. We will keep fighting. Go vote! Stay in line!” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley posted to X on Wednesday.

Fox News Digital obtained a copy of the preliminary injunction, which stated that the Bucks County Board of Elections violated the Pennsylvania Elections Code when officials turned away voters after 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 when they attempted to cast mail-in ballots before the expiration date deadline to apply and receive.

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Bucks County Restraining Order (Fox News Digital)

The Bucks County Court of Common Please ruled that voters who wish to request and receive a mail-in ballot can do so before the close of business on November 1st. Bucks County is a key area of ​​the battleground state, nestled outside of Philadelphia in the suburbs.

“We heard we won that lawsuit and Bucks County extended pre-Election Day voting until November 1st. This is a groundbreaking victory that allows our voters to cast those votes in accordance with Pennsylvania law. “The RNC will leave no stone unturned in ensuring a fair, accurate, secure and transparent election, not just for Republican voters, but for all voters,” Whatley added during a press conference on Wednesday.

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Trump sued the Bucks County Board of Elections on Tuesday, claiming officials turned away voters waiting in line to apply in person for an absentee ballot. When the 5 p.m. deadline expired, voters still in line were denied the opportunity to apply and told to leave the country, the lawsuit says.

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Former President Trump speaks at a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024. (AP)

“This is a direct violation of Pennsylvanians’ right to cast their vote — and all voters have the right to stay in line,” the Trump campaign said in a statement.

The campaign of Republican National Committee and Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick had joined the lawsuit against the Bucks County BOE.

Trump's campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt also celebrated the legal history in a press conference on Wednesday.

“Just two days ago, a Trump supporter was arrested in Delaware County, Pennsylvania for encouraging voters to get in line, and we have seen several other cases where voters in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, were rejected prematurely. That's why last night the… “We at the Trump campaign and at the RNC filed a lawsuit against Bucks County to create more early voting opportunities, and we just won that lawsuit about 30 minutes ago,” Leavitt said.

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Ballot applications were scheduled to be accepted by the 5:00 p.m. ET deadline, but new arrivals were reportedly turned away as of 2:45 p.m. ET, according to CBS News and other reports.

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A mail-in ballot for the 2024 United States general election is returned at a Voters Services field office at the Chester County Government Services Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 (AP Photo/Matt Slocum). ) (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

After Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said on Tuesday afternoon

“What are you doing about it, Governor Shapiro?” Trump campaign official James Blair asked

“If you are in line at a county elections office by 5 p.m., counties must give you the opportunity to request your absentee ballot,” Shapiro wrote in a separate post.

Trump and Harris shake hands

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 10, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Leavitt continued in her comments Wednesday that the campaign “has brought more than 130 election integrity lawsuits across the country this cycle” to “make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.”

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“And we will continue to fight for this until the last ballot is counted. “Today's big victory really represents a defeat for Democrats' voter suppression efforts. You see Republicans' early voting numbers in key states across the country, and.” “We're very focused again on securing the right to vote for all Americans,” she continued continued.

Whatley added that discouraging voters from requesting mail-in ballots is “extraordinarily problematic.”

“Telling people that they have to go, that they shouldn't vote, even though it's legal for them to vote, is extremely problematic. And I don't know, and I don't care, whether that disproportionately affected Republicans or Democrats. The fact is that you had voters who were able to legally cast their votes who were told by officials not to do so. And it's good to see that the court agrees that “This is problematic and ordered that Bucks County implement additional days of early voting as a remedy,” he said in the press conference.

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