Trump camp takes victory lap following election case legal win in battleground state

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

The Bucks County Court of Common Please ruled that voters who wish to apply and obtain a mail-in ballot are able to do so before the close of business on Nov. 1. Bucks County is a key area of the battleground state, nestled outside of Philadelphia in the suburbs. 

"We have heard that we won this lawsuit, and Bucks County has extended pre-Election Day voting through November 1. This is a landmark victory that will allow our voters to cast those votes pursuant to Pennsylvania law. The RNC will leave no stone unturned in ensuring a fair, accurate and secure and transparent election, not just for Republican voters, but for all voters," Whatley added during a press call on Wednesday. 

The Board of Elections filed a request for clarification later Wednesday regarding the special injunction, specifically calling on the court to clarify that the extension applies to its Doylestown location, and that the extension will run between the business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 30-Nov. 1. 

"This is a direct violation of Pennsylvanians' rights to cast their ballot - and all voters have a right to STAY in line," the Trump campaign said in a statement. 

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

Videos shared with Fox News Digital as well as several posted on X appeared to show Bucks County Emergency Services Police instructing voters that the line outside centers in Quakertown and Doylestown would be curtailed prior to the close-of-business.

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

After Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro posted on X Tuesday afternoon that the deadline for requesting vote-by-mail ballots was 5 p.m., commenters replied by sharing several of the videos and asking "what is this?"

"If you are in line at a county elections office by 5 P.M., counties must give you an opportunity to apply for your mail ballot," Shapiro wrote in a separate post.

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

Whatley added that ordering voters away from applying for mail-in ballots was "extraordinarily problematic." 

"When you tell people that they need to leave, that they should not vote, while it is legal for them to vote, that is extraordinarily problematic. And I don't know, and I don't care whether that was disproportionately affecting Republicans or Democrats. The fact is, you had voters who were in line in a position to legally cast their votes, who were told by officials not to do so. And it is, it is good to see that the court has agreed with us that that is problematic and ordered Bucks County to have additional days of early vote as a remedy for it," he said on the press call.