Posted on 11/28/20
| News Source: The Hill
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday rejected a last-ditch bid from Republicans including Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) to halt the 2020 certification of election results in the Keystone State.
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The court’s decision has delivered the latest blow for Republicans, President Trump and his campaign in a battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by over 1 percentage point.
In an order released on Saturday night, the state supreme court vacated a preliminary order by the Commonwealth Court and dismissed the case.
“Upon consideration of the parties’ filings in Commonwealth Court, we hereby
dismiss the petition for review with prejudice based upon Petitioners’ failure to file their
facial constitutional challenge in a timely manner,” the order read.
The ruling comes after state Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough on Wednesday ordered state officials to halt further steps to certify the state’s election results one day after Gov. Tom Wolf (D) certified the Keystone State’s results for Biden.
Read more at The Hill.