Breccan Thies writes for the Federalist about shocking actions among elected leaders in one Pennsylvania county.

Democrats on the Bucks County Board of Commissioners voted to illegally count misdated and undated ballots in an attempt to swing Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate election in favor of ousted Democrat incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn.

The vote comes after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court already ruled those ballots were not allowed to be counted, per state law.

Diane Ellis-Marseglia, one of the Democrats, admitted she knew it was against the law, but voted to count the ballots anyway.

“I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country. And people violate laws anytime they want,” she said. “For me if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention to it.”

Democrat Bob Harvie also voted in favor. Neither Marseglia nor Harvie responded to a request for comment from The Federalist. Republican Gene DiGirolamo voted against counting the ballots.

The Bucks County Republican Party said that its attorneys are working with attorneys from the state GOP and the Republican National Committee to “address this matter.” Senator-elect Dave McCormick has reportedly appealed the county’s unlawful ruling in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, challenging the “decision to count 405 undated or misdated mail-in ballots from the Nov. 5 General Election.”

The razor-thin margin of Casey’s loss triggered an automatic recount, but Casey has also refused to concede even as McCormick spends time in Washington, D.C., to participate in the Senate orientation process.

“Senator-Elect McCormick’s lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear in calling the race,” McCormick spokeswoman Elizabeth Gregory said in a press release. “A recount will be a waste of time and taxpayer money, but it is Senator Casey’s prerogative. Senator-Elect McCormick knows what it’s like to lose an election and is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion.”

The Democrat commissioners in Bucks County appear to be doing the bidding of Casey, however, in trying to get as many ineligible ballots counted as possible, and the effort does not stop at improperly dated or undated ballots.