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The judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, Samuel Alito, ordered Pennsylvania to separate the votes sent by mail, confirming a decision that had already been made by the electoral authorities of that state.
The measure adopted by Alito is provisional, until the plenary session of the Supreme Court, largely dominated by conservatives, makes a final decision, which may come this Saturday and be in favor of Trump.
However, it may also be that these ballots are not enough to turn an election in favor of the Republican president, in which Biden leads in this decisive state to determine a winner.
The decision was made at a time when Democrat Joe Biden was beating Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania, one of the key states that can guarantee his access to the White House.
Trump accuses voting by mail of illegal, alleging, without any evidence, that it generates a great electoral fraud. It is no coincidence that vote-by-mail is the top choice for Democratic voters, far greater than Republican voters.
The electoral law of Pennsylvania authorizes the counting of the votes cast until Tuesday 3 of elections and the arrival to the circuits within three days after that date, that is, Friday.
Judge Alito’s decision confirms the decision of the local authorities, before the elections, to separately count the votes sent by mail in order to eliminate them in case of annulment. The request had been made by the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
“Given the results of the general election on November 3, 2020, the vote in Pennsylvania may well determine the next president of the United States,” Republicans said. “It is not clear if the 67 county election councils are putting late voting aside.”
