Over a month since the election and we’re still waiting for the final results in some parts of the state, and litigation is still ongoing. Below is the newest information we’ve learned since our last election update:
Election Results Status:
- In one State Senate race in the Pittsburgh area, there are still 3,700 provisional ballots to be counted. As of this week, the Westmoreland County election director said she hoped to have them counted in the next couple of weeks. That race for Senate District 45 is also under litigation regarding mail-in ballots missing information. It is in federal court in the Western District. Read more here…
- The election results were certified by the PA Secretary of State and the Governor on November 23rd.
- The Electoral College votes on December 14th.
Litigation:
- An emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court appeal was filed this week in Kelly, et al. v. Commonwealth, et al. – brought by Congressman Mike Kelly (R-Erie), Sean Parnell (Republican candidate for US-17), and others seeking to throw out the mail-in ballots on the claim that Act 77, which allowed mail-in ballots for any reason, was unconstitutional. This case was first brought in Commonwealth Court, where they won a preliminary injunction to stop further certification of the Pennsylvania election results, but quickly lost at the PA Supreme Court after the Wolf administration appealed the ruling.
- Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit by the Trump campaign, Trump v. Boockvar, seeking to throw out invalid ballots and ballots counted without transparency due to the violations of election law in Allegheny County, Centre County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, and Philadelphia County. This lawsuit has the potential to invalidate 600,000+ ballots due to election law violations. By comparison, Biden and Trump are separated by 81,654 votes. The Trump legal team could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but that has not been filed at this time.
- No word yet on the U.S. Supreme Court appeal regarding ballots that came in after 8pm on Election Day.
Legislative efforts:
- The 2019-2020 legislative session has officially ended.
- House and Senate Republicans are calling on Congress to dispute Pennsylvania’s electors, calling for an independent investigation into fraud, and for more details on the Department of State’s handling of the election.
- House and Senate leaders announced their election reform plans for 2021.
- However, a number of state representatives and a state senator sent a letter to Governor Wolf asking for a special session dealing with the election results. No surprise, he said no. They could get a special session without the governor’s approval if they had a majority supporting their efforts, but Senate and House leadership have both declined.
- The Senate Majority Policy Committee held a hearing in Gettysburg on election integrity, featuring testimony by Rudy Giuliani and other witnesses, last Wednesday. You can watch the video here.
- Some House Republicans are reintroducing their resolution to dispute the results of the 2020 election. A resolution does not have any legal authority, but it’s a good way to make a strong statement.
While it appears that the presidential election is over here in Pennsylvania, there is still pending litigation that could change those results. And there is still one State Senate race that has yet to be concluded. We’ll keep you updated.
who do I contact in Pa. to tell the Legislators to call Pa. voting fraudulant and vote for the real winner, President Trump?
If you want to contact your state legislator, you can use our legislative lookup tool to find their contact information: https://pennsylvaniafamilycouncil.salsalabs.org/statelegislatorlookup.
Regarding this statement culled from above:
“They could get a special session without the governor’s approval if they had a majority supporting their efforts, but Senate and House leadership have both declined.”
I thought the Republicans controlled the Pennsylvania House and Senate? If so, what’s stopping the Senate and House leadership from convening a “special session?”
Have they, Cutler and Corman been intimidated or threatened?
Have they made the decision to ignore all of the fraud and impropriety surrounding the Pennsylvania elections?
Is their decision not to call a special session and indication of their spinelessness or does their decision actually have some “gravitas”
Just wondering…..
If you want to know more about their reasons on why they decided not to call a special session, you can read their joint statement.
After this update was published, they released this statement to the press: http://www.pahousegop.com/News/18695/Latest-News/House-and-Senate-Republicans-Issue-Letters-Calling-on-Congress-to-Dispute-Pennsylvania%E2%80%99s-Electors,-Law-Enforcement-to-Review-2020-Election
At the risk of being a cynic, I’d speculate that they want to appear to be concerned without having to pick up the ball. Governor Wolf will then receive the politicized blame for not calling the emergency session. Personally, I’m tired of committees and hearings and resolutions. I want results.
I would like to know as a taxpayer for Governor Wolf why are we paying him when he hasn’t been in his office for 50days even when he has declared a disaster emergency in keeping the business shutdown or should I say 25% capacity. I understand he has a home in Delaware and some think he is there but my question can we demand the whereabouts like restaurant visited or expenses for his traveling! Seems odd that Biden has connections there also and were there any meetings between our governor and Biden or his associates? Hoping you can understand what I’m trying to say! Just want transparency! I believe like alot of other people this state performed voter fraud!
Democrats did not execute a well-planned voting fraud campaign. There was no plan. Simply because the president and his legal team say that one existed does not make it a fact. The only fact is that the courts at every level have ruled there were no legal facts to corroborate the voter fraud claim in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania voters have spoken. Isn’t it time to move on to repairing our racially divided state and country. Our state and nation need brother’s keepers.