PITTSBURGH — Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to look at a ruling on mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania in what could be the first case since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.
GOP leaders plan to ask the court to review last week’s decision by the state supreme court that extended the deadline for counting mail-in ballots. In the court filing, Republicans argue that the state’s ruling opens the door to illegal votes. The filing said in part, “the court’s judgement... creates a serious likelihood that Pennsylvania’s imminent general election will be tainted by votes that were illegally cast or mailed after Election Day.”
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“First of all, with the fraud. That’s, again, an allegation the President has made which he’s shown no proof of. And even his own judges that he’s appointed have said that, you know, he’s not showing any proof. You are giving rhetoric,” said Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald.
State Democrats, fearing potential postal service delays, argued that ballots postmarked by Election Day should still be counted. The state court pushed the deadline to three days after the election.
If the U.S. Supreme Court takes the case, it would be the first big test for the justices on where the court stands on election issues.
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