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The Pennsylvania Republican Party addressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to ask it to order Pennsylvania electoral authorities to separate ballots that arrived after the November 3 election date from other mail-in ballots before of the elections.
This is the second petition received by the United States Supreme Court on the subject. On Thursday, Donald Trump’s campaign team announced that it would go to the Supreme Court to intervene in this case.
“Bad things are happening in Pennsylvania. Democrats are maneuvering to dilute the Republican vote. President Trump and his team are fighting to end this practice,” said Justin Clark, Donald Trump’s deputy campaign manager.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that mail-in ballots sent before Election Day can be counted if they reach their destination three days earlier.
Pennsylvania’s secretary of state has already ordered that all votes cast between Wednesday, November 4 and Friday, November 6 be separated from those cast on Election Day. The GOP lawsuit before the US Supreme Court also seeks to obtain such a decision from the federal Supreme Court.
“Given the results of the general election on November 3, 2020, Pennsylvania’s vote could determine who is the next president of the United States, and it is currently unclear whether all 67 polling stations separate late votes,” the petition says. of the Republican Party. from Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania, 3.1 million voters mailed their ballots, and the state judiciary has decided that ballots can be counted by Friday, if the envelope is mailed by November 3.
The Supreme Court of the United States, where Donald Trump has just appointed a third judge during his term, has a clear pro-conservative composition, with six of the nine justices appointed by Republican administrations.
The United States Supreme Court has twice rejected a request to rule in such a case, although some justices have said that the state judiciary (the Pennsylvania Supreme Court) should not override the legislature. of the State of Pennsylvania, which established that Election Day is the deadline for receiving mail-in ballots to be counted.
Editor: Luana Pavaluca
