Bucks County commissioner tries to clean up statement about ignoring election law

Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said her comments about ignoring a Pennsylvania Supreme Court precedent were taken out of context.

Ellis-Marseglia said people misinterpreted an “inartfully worded statement on my part” when she voted to ignore the court’s directive to disqualify ballots that were not signed or dated properly. Ellis-Marseglia’s comments have attracted criticism from Republicans and Democrats, as well as accusations that the county was attempting to subvert an election in favor of Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA).