Pennsylvania Judge Backs Trump Claims Over Mail-In Ballots, Says
‘Unlikely Constitutional’ Tyler Durden
Sat, 11/28/2020 – 12:10
After a Pennsylvania Judge
blocked the state from ‘taking any further steps’ to complete
the certification of the presidential race on Wednesday – she
dropped a detailed opinion on Friday justifying her decision, which
concludes that the state’s changes to mail-in balloting
procedures were likely illegal.
The order is currently delayed while the state Supreme Court
considers the case on an expedited basis, which was filed by a
group of Republicans who argued that the state’s changes to mail-in
voting, Act 77, violated the commonwealth’s constitution.
Pennsylvania trial court rules
the 2020 election was likely unconstitutional in Pennsylvania, and
that gives state legislators power to choose electors. https://t.co/pWt9g81ld1— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law)
November 28, 2020
Commonwealth Judge Patricia McCullough noted in her opinion that
the plaintiffs “have established a likelihood to succeed
on the merits” of the case, because “the
Constitution does not provide a mechanism for the legislature to
allow for the expansion of absentee voting without a constitutional
amendment.”
BREAKING REPORT: Judge
Patricia A. McCullough rules that PA preliminary ELECTION
CERTIFICATION injunction was PROPERLY ISSUED and should be
upheld..“Additionally, Petitioners appear to have established a
likelihood to succeed.”— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto)
November 28, 2020
“Petitioners appear to have a viable claim that the
mail-in ballot procedures set forth in Act 77 contravene Pa. Const.
Article VII Section 14 as the plain language of that
constitutional provision is at odds with the mail-in
provisions of Act 77.“
Judge McCullough adds that without the emergency injunction, the
plaintiffs would likely suffer “irreparable harm.”
“If what may be an unconstitutional mail-in voting
process remains extant, such mail-in ballots may make the
difference as to whether he is successful or not.”
In short; Judge McCullough believes that Pennsylvania’s
last-minute changes to mail-in ballots was likely unconstitutional,
and if allowed to remain in place may negatively affect at least
one of the plaintiffs (a GOP congressman) in future elections.
