Jeremy Roebuck

The brewing legal fights center on fewer than 1,600 ballots cast in four Democratic leaning counties. But the issue is of broader importance to both parties.

Voting was largely unaffected, though polling location hours were extended, in some cases.

Whether the tech billionaire will show up is an open question — as is the fate of DA Larry Krasner’s lawsuit against Musk and his political action committee.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court made it clear it will not rule on undated ballots before voters go to the polls for Election Day next week.

The decision comes as Republicans have grown increasingly frustrated in recent days over the long lines outside the county administration building and satellite offices.

A Commonwealth Court decision Wednesday prompted predictions of chaos from some of the court’s judges and sent election administrators scrambling to parse its implications days before Election Day.

While voting advocates predict most of the challenges will be rejected, they say the campaign is yet another instance of a loose network of right-wing organizers sowing confusion ahead of Nov. 5.

The suit pits Krasner, a frequent target of Republican ire, against Musk, one of Donald Trump's highest profile surrogates in the state, in the waning days of a close presidential race.

Josephine Leone, 62, shuttered her restaurant at the start of the pandemic and never reopened, leaving employees in the lurch while she received three separate injections of government cash.

Yaniv Gola, 52, terrorized his victims with hundreds of calls and text messages over a year period in which he threatened to injure, kill, or rape them, their families, and employees.