Conservative activist Scott Presler, whose organization Early Vote Action helped swing Pennsylvania to the right in the general election, announced Wednesday that he is now gunning for a specific Democratic commissioner in Bucks County.
The county, north of Philadelphia, flipped from voting for President Joe Biden by over 4 percentage points in 2020 to backing Republican Donald Trump by a hair in 2024, thanks in part to new voter registrations Presler’s group garnered, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
In remarks to the county’s Board of Commissioners Wednesday, Presler said, “Bucks County has been in the news a lot this year. Earlier, we flipped Bucks County from blue to red and for the first time in modern history, there are more registered Republicans than Democrats here in this county.”
He then commended the Republican National Committee for suing the county to ensure that only legal mail-in ballots are counted in the race for U.S. Senate between Republican Dave McCormick and Democrat incumbent Bob Casey.
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McCormick holds a lead of about 16,300 votes in the contest, which has gone to a recount.
Presler also noted that Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia said last week regarding the observance of election laws:
“[P]recedent