An email from from former President Donald Trump celebrated a recent Pennsylvania court ruling that found that Act 77 violated the state’s constitution.
“The practice of no-excuse mail-in ballots, put in place by Democrats right before the stolen 2020 Election, has been ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court,” President Trump said in a statement from his “Save America PAC, reported “The Freedom Times”.
A Pa. Commonwealth Court ruled on January 28 that the state’s mail in ballot law — Act 77 — is unconstitutional, exactly as former President Donald Trump has long claimed.
“If presented to the people, a constitutional amendment to end Article VII, Section 1 requirement of in-person voting is likely to be adopted,” Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Leavitt opined, adding, “but a constitutional amendment must be presented to the people and adopted into our fundamental law before legislation allowing no-excuse mail-in voting can be placed upon our statute books.”
The judge worded her ruling to delay enforcement of it if the state appealed, which they did.
Governor Tom Wolf (D-Pa.) administration officials confirmed the decision will be appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The appeal stays the Commonwealth Court’s injunction, keeping Act 77 in place until a final ruling is made.
“Here is the key question,” Trump said in his email. “If widespread mail-in balloting is unconstitutional in Pennsylvania now, how could mail-in balloting have been constitutional in the RIGGED 2020 Presidential Election then?”
“We all know the answer,” Trump thundered. “It wasn’t!” He added his belief that all American patriots are thankful the Commonwealth Court had “the courage to do the right thing”.
Pennsylvania’s Department of State reported that 2.6 million mail-in ballots were counted during the state’s 2020 general election.
Republican legislators in the state are hoping to enact the Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act, which they claim expands access through early in-person voting; making it easier for disabled and elderly Pennsylvanians to cast a ballot. They further claim it adds major technology upgrades to reduce voting lines, improve Election Day operations and provide an accurate record of elections from registration to tabulation.
In a mirroring of the national discussion on voting issues, Gov. Wolf opposes the proposed legislation, according to a City & State Pennsylvania report.
“This legislation creates barriers for people to register to vote, vote by mail and vote in person,” he said. “Under this bill, voters would have less time to register to vote and apply for a mail-in ballot, and would be subjected to arbitrary signature verification on mail-in ballots or voter ID at polling places and limits on the use of drop boxes.”
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