Posted on 11/28/2020 2:46:40 PM PST by grundle
The Pennsylvania appellate court judge who issued a temporary injunction Wednesday against the state certifying its 2020 election results released an accompanying opinion Friday explaining her decision.
In the opinion, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough predicted that the plaintiffs in the case will ultimately win the battle they’re waging in the Keystone State.
“Petitioners appear to have established a likelihood to succeed on the merits because petitioners have asserted the Constitution does not provide a mechanism for the legislature to allow for expansion of absentee voting without a constitutional amendment,” she wrote.
“Petitioners appear to have a viable claim that the mail-in ballot procedures set forth in Act 77 contravene [a provision in the state’s Constitution] as the plain language of that constitutional provision is at odds with the mail-in provisions of Act 77.”
Signed into law in October of 2019, Act 77 granted state residents the right to request an absentee ballot without providing a legitimate reason.
Prior to the law’s implementation, legitimate reasons — or “excuses,” as they were called — included being a college student, being someone who works or is vacationing somewhere else, being someone with a physical disability, being someone in the military, or being someone with a religious conflict (i.e., Election Day is the same as their religion’s holiday).
The plaintiffs argued that, by tossing out these excuses, the state had simply implemented universal mail-in voting by disguising it as no-excuse absentee voting and claimed the move lacked “constitutional authority.”
McCullough appeared to agree.
“Since this presents an issue of law which has already been thoroughly briefed by the parties, this Court can state that Petitioners have a likelihood of success on the merits of its Pennsylvania Constitutional claim,” she added.
View her ruling below:
This is gonna raise some hackles. :-)
sit tight, everything is going to be okay
What were the Republicans in the PA legislature thinking when they passed that stupid law to begin with?
Repealing all laws allowing mail-in voting outside narrow circumstances needs to be a priority for all Republican legislatures. Even here in Texas—there is no reason everyone over 65 should be allowed to cast an absentee ballot without some other disability, nor is there any reason to allow people who happen to be out of the state on Election Day to vote absentee when we have early voting.
sit tight, everything is going to be okay
sit tight, everything is going to be okay
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For you own safety, please remain seated and keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all time.
I think all the intelligence community info comes this week. It’s go time.
Bump
{sit tight, everything is going to be okay}
From your keyboard to God’s eyes and ears, I pray you’re right.
I’ve been in panic mode since waking up the morning after election day and seeing all those swing states flipped blue for Biteme. Why was that cessation of counting votes ever allowed?? Moreover, PDJT had a significant enough lead in every one that they should have been called already for him.
I’ve GOT to get more Scotch and popcorn!
Maybe some really good stuff and kettle corn.
“For you own safety, please remain seated and keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all time.”
And tray tables up.
Hope you’re right.
this guy has gone private with his tweets. Presler notified his employer
“No time for losers cause we are the champions.”
He’s going to jail good riddance to this dork
Dude is still not suspended from twitter
Who cares he’s going to jail
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