[春月]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses GOP congressman’s suit seeking to throw out all ballots cast by mail

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday rebuffed a long-shot election challenge Saturday from one of President Trump’s top boosters in Congress, balking at his suggestion that it throw out every ballot cast by mail or designate the state’s legislature to decide who won the state.

In a unanimous decision, the justices declared that U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R., Butler) and the seven Republican plaintiffs in the suit had waited too long to bring their lawsuit alleging that the 2019 law, passed by the state’s GOP-controlled legislature, which created no-excuse mail voting in the state for the first time was unconstitutional and “illegally implemented.”

Instead of filing it shortly after the passage of the bill, which was required in the statute, they waited until their candidate lost to challenge the mechanism by which some 2.6 million Pennsylvanians voted this year, the court wrote in a terse, three-page order.

The suit had led to an earlier order from a lower appellate court judge who temporarily barred the state Wednesday from any further steps to certify the results of the 2020 election pending a hearing.

But her order and the proceedings were quickly scuttled within hours after state elections administrators appealed Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough’s decision to the Supreme Court.

While the state’s presidential election results had already been certified, declaring Joe Biden the victor by roughly 81,000 votes, McCullough’s decision cast a pall of uncertainty on several down-ballot races including Kelly’s own re-election which he won based in part on 35,000 mail ballots.

The dismissal of his lawsuit brings to an end all legal challenges brought by the Trump campaign and its GOP allies filed in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, which President-elect Joe Biden won by roughly 81,000 votes.

[春月]

如果， 我没搞错的话， 这就是上周那个宾州的case， 法院发出了暂时 HALT 选举认证的ORDER (不过， 法律人士说， 这个order 对总统选举认证没有作用， 因为已经认证了）

不管怎么样， 今天宾州上级法院已经dismiss 了这个CASE， 这个 order 也就不存在了。

下一步就是美国最高院见了。不过， 这个case 是几个共和党议员发起的， 要不要上诉看他们的了。

[春月]

In an order released on Saturday night, the state supreme court vacated a preliminary order by the Commonwealth Court and dismissed the case.

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"Upon consideration of the parties’ filings in Commonwealth Court, we hereby dismiss the petition for review with prejudice based upon Petitioners’ failure to file their facial constitutional challenge in a timely manner," the order read. 

The ruling comes after state Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough on Wednesday ordered state officials to halt further steps to certify the state's election results one day after Gov. Tom Wolf (D) certified the Keystone State's results for Biden. 

Following McCullough's order, Pennsylvania secretary of commonwealth Kathy Boockvar and Wolf appealed the order to the state supreme court. 

The latest order by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses McCullough's decision. 

Originally, an emergency petition was filed in state court last weekend by the GOP ahead of Monday's deadline to certify election results, a process that would solidify a defeat for Trump. 

Plaintiffs including Kelly asked the court to invalidate a universal mail-in voting policy that was signed by Wolf and passed by a Republican-held legislature last year. They argued that provisions that allowed expanded mail-in voting in the state were unconstitutional, according to the order.

"As a remedy, Petitioners sought to invalidate the ballots of the millions of Pennsylvania voters who utilized the mail-in voting procedures established by Act 77 and count only those ballots that Petitioners deem to be 'legal votes'", the order continued. 

The rejected bid is part of a multi-state effort by Republicans and Trump allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in favor of Trump. However, election law experts have noted that law suits pressed by the Trump campaign and its allies are not going to succeed in their intended result.

[春月]

又看了另一家媒体的报道， 很肯定就是这个 CASE 了。

从这几十起案件中。 可以看得到， 几大州， 不管哪级法院， 对于普选结果都是相当尊重的。

粗粗看了一下案子。 就是宾州在2019 年通过了关于邮寄选票的法律。 但是共和党在选举失败之后才对一年多前的法案提出诉讼， 并且要求取消260万张选票。 法院拒绝了这个诉讼请求， 并且reverse 了 中级法院要求暂停认证的ORDER.

[春月]

这个案件几位法官做出了一致的裁决。

在裁决里， 法官写道：

They have failed to allege that even a single mail-in ballot was fraudulently cast or counted

他们甚至无法证明有任何一张邮寄选票有舞弊情况。

[飞剑仙]

拜登躺赢。

算你狠。

[慎独]

春月 写道:

如果， 我没搞错的话， 这就是上周那个宾州的case， 法院发出了暂时 HALT 选举认证的ORDER (不过， 法律人士说， 这个order 对总统选举认证没有作用， 因为已经认证了） 不管怎么样， 今天宾州上级法院已经dismiss 了这个CASE， 这个 order 也就不存在了。 下一步就是美国最高院见了。不过， 这个case 是几个共和党议员发起的， 要不要上诉看他们的了。

楼主受累

又要帮他们去翻译

否则他们看不懂

[飞剑仙]

恭喜楼主贺喜楼主，

拜登得票再攀高峰，

冲破8000万，有望冲击9000万。

其中有你们忽悠的功劳。

[GPS2000]

楼主辛苦，加西两大川粉嘴炮哑火了。

[春月]

慎独 写道:

春月 写道: 如果， 我没搞错的话， 这就是上周那个宾州的case， 法院发出了暂时 HALT 选举认证的ORDER (不过， 法律人士说， 这个order 对总统选举认证没有作用， 因为已经认证了） 不管怎么样， 今天宾州上级法院已经dismiss 了这个CASE， 这个 order 也就不存在了。 下一步就是美国最高院见了。不过， 这个case 是几个共和党议员发起的， 要不要上诉看他们的了。 楼主受累 又要帮他们去翻译 否则他们看不懂

哈哈， 赚点磅也实在是不容易啊。