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In an order, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court approved the request of the Philadelphia County Elections Commission to require judges to take up cases that have been appealed to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Because the trial judge rejected all five complaints, the Trump campaign appealed these cases. In the complaint, Trump’s team requested a review of the county election committee’s vote counting results, because certain errors or ballot violations were also included in the calculation, including the fact that the voter did not enter the name. and the address on the outside of the envelope.
The trial court stated that the ballot had already marked the voter’s name and address on the preprinted outer envelope and that completing the name and address portion was not a “necessary requirement to prevent fraud.”
“The envelope provided to voters contains an instruction in the form of a checklist on the back of the envelope, instructing the voter to sign the declaration, but does not mention the date of filling or other information,” the order says.
After the campaign team appealed these cases, the Philadelphia County Elections Commission asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to “exercise special jurisdiction” because challenging the campaign team would not only affect the rights of 8,329 Philadelphia voters, but It would also affect voters across the state. And rights in future elections. The committee also believes that if urgent action is not taken, election officials will not be able to certify election results within the deadline.
The two judges opposed the decision.
The Trump campaign has presented legal challenges in several key states to protect the integrity and accuracy of the elections. Currently, Trump’s team faces an uphill battle.
Trump and his campaign have been clamoring for the sanctity of the election, believing that only “legal votes” should be counted. They argued that the November 3 postmark should prevail and that ballots received by mail after Election Day should not be counted. In the absence of Republican observers, the ballots calculated by the voting center should also be counted. It should be considered as “illegal votes”. The campaign team also questioned violations that occurred on Election Day or mailed ballots, as is the case in Philadelphia County.
The previous day, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled to overturn the lower court ruling and ensure that Republican observers have the right to view voting statistics from no more than 6 feet away.
In ruling 5-2, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that state electoral law did not stipulate the minimum distance required by voting observers to view the vote count and meet legal requirements. Most judges believe that if the court imposes a distance limit like a lower court, it would be inadequate redrafting of the law.
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