Most PA counties certify by deadline

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Emily Previti
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | 9:43 PM

(Harrisburg) — Most Pennsylvania counties certified election results Monday, despite complications from the tsunami of litigation that’s overtaken courts across the commonwealth.

Three counties – Berks, Carbon and Schuylkill – expect to wrap up today or tomorrow.

WITF was unable to confirm certification status for seven of the state’s 67 counties Monday night.

Originally expecting to be a week late, Westmoreland County certified and submitted results Monday evening after enlisting the aid of county workers from other departments to fill gaps in an election office workforce decimated by COVID-19 ...

https://www.witf.org/2020/11/23/most-pa-counties-certify-election-results-by-deadline-a-few-will-take-longer/

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1. PA GOP last-ditch effort to stop certification

BY JOHN KRUZEL - 11/23/20 11:20 AM EST

A group of Pennsylvania Republicans have filed an emergency lawsuit seeking to block certification of the election results in the Keystone State, which President-elect Joe Biden won by more than 80,000 votes ...

Among the plaintiffs are Trump ally Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), who has asked the court to strike down an expanded mail ballot policy that Pennsylvania put in place last year after it was passed by the state's GOP-held legislature ...

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/527157-pennsylvania-republicans-sue-to-stop-election-certification

[BGBD]

5. Lost cause

Even if the court struck down the law, it wouldn't do so retroactively. I would say the law couldn't be applied to future elections.

That said, very unlikely they overturn the law. If this was a real possibility, someone would have brought that case when it was passed.

[Iliyah]

6. Didn't majority of PA republicans vote for this? . . .

Damn, wishy washy, oh right, only if republican wins, any opponent no.

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2. At least 4 PA counties to miss certification deadline

Emily Previti

... Of 43 counties to respond to WITF’s inquiry, 10 with a combined 546,000 voters had already fully certified their results and sent them to the state by Friday.

Another 31 counties with more than 7 million of the state’s 9 million registered voters confirmed they will hit Monday’s deadline.

Schuylkill County officials say they will wrap up Tuesday ... Election boards for Berks and Carbon counties are scheduled to certify Wednesday ...

https://wamu.org/story/20/11/23/at-least-five-pennsylvania-counties-to-miss-election-certification-deadline/

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3. PA officials report

MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press

... Allegheny County, which gave a majority to Democrat Joe Biden, voted 2-1, and Luzerne County, which Republican Donald Trump won, approved its results, 3-2. Messages seeking comment were left for Republicans who voted no in both counties ...

... there were no reports of counties voting against certification ...

https://www.wtae.com/article/county-by-county-pennsylvania-officials-report-vote-results/34762337

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4. Central PA counties continuing to certify

by Ryan Eldredge
Monday, November 23rd 2020

... “We’ve given final certification the rest of it is beyond the scope of our authority,” said Jerry Feaser the Dauphin County Director of Elections ...

“If you asked me what the vote totals were in 2016 for various candidates I could give you a definitive answer,” said Feaser. “If you asked me what the vote totals are in 2020 for any candidate, I have to give you four sets of numbers depending on how you want to look at it at this point” ...

“The only good thing about it is none of the totals no matter how you count them change the outcome,” said Feaser ...

“The Department of State continues to work closely with and support all 67 counties as they work to complete the election certification process” ...

https://local21news.com/news/local/central-pa-counties-continuing-to-certify-election-results-despite-legal-challenges

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7. Pubbies are only voting no where it doesn't stop certification.

A chicken shit move imo.