A Board of Commissioners chair in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, walked back controversial comments about violating laws, claiming her words were misinterpreted.

Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia apologized for the "upset and confusion" caused by her comments about her reasoning for wanting to include ballots deemed deficient by the court.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro took aim at Democratic county officials on Monday for openly defying the state’s supreme court ruling regarding the counting of illegal ballots. “Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process,

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.