Judge Blocks Certification of Pennsylvania Election Results
BY IVAN PENTCHOUKOV November 25, 2020 Updated: November 25, 2020

A Pennsylvania judge on Nov. 25 ordered state officials to not certify the results of the 2020 election until her court holds a hearing on an election contest on Nov. 27.

Commonwealth Judge Patricia McCullough ordered the state to not take any further steps to complete the certification of the presidential race, which the state announced on Nov. 24. She also blocked the certification of all the other election results.

"To the extent that there remains any further action to perfect the certification of the results of the 2020 General Election for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America, respondents are preliminarily enjoined from doing so, pending an evidentiary hearing to be held on Friday," the judge wrote in her order (pdf).

"Respondents are preliminarily enjoined from certifying the remaining results of the election, pending the evidentiary hearing."

McCullough is presiding over a lawsuit brought by Republican lawmakers and candidates against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, and the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

The plaintiffs allege that Pennsylvania's vote-by-mail stature - Act 77 - is in violation of the state's constitution.

"Act 77 is the most expansive and fundamental change to the Pennsylvania voting code, implemented illegally, to date," the lawsuit, filed in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, states.

"As with prior historical attempts to illegally expand mail-in voting by statute, which have been struck down going as far back as the Military Absentee Ballot Act of 1839, Act 77 is another illegal attempt to override the limitations on absentee voting prescribed in the Pennsylvania Constitution, without first following the necessary procedure to amend the constitution to allow for the expansion."

The plaintiffs include Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell, and Pennsylvania House of Representatives candidate Wanda Logan.

The office of Gov. Wolf didn't immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times for comment. It's unclear what steps remained as of Nov. 25 to "perfect" the certification of the presidential and vice-presidential races.

After the Keystone State announced the certification of the presidential election results on Nov. 24, the plaintiffs filed an emergency request (pdf) just before midnight, arguing that there was no need to act so fast. In 2016, Pennsylvania certified the presidential election on Dec. 12.

"It appears that respondents' actions may have been accelerated in response to the application for emergency relief ... in an effort to preclude any remedial action by this court faster than this court was able to evaluate the application for emergency relief and the answers to it," the plaintiffs wrote.

The emergency request underlined that while Pennsylvania completed vote-counting and submitted the signed certification to the U.S. archivist, a number of steps still remain for the formal certification process to be completed.

"While Respondents may have proactively attempted to avoid potential injunctive relief granted by this Court, Respondents duties with regard to finalization of the full election results are far from complete," the filing states.

Marc Elias, one of the top attorneys leading the Democrats' post-election legal battles, called the lawsuit frivolous.

"Republican Congressman Mike Kelly has filed a new frivolous lawsuit in Pennsylvania seeking to block the state from certifying the election results and having the state legislature choose electors," Elias wrote on Twitter on Nov. 21. "This is absolutely shameful."

President Donald Trump responded to Elias, writing: "This is not at all frivolous. It is brought on behalf of one of the most respected members of the United States Congress who is disgusted, like so many others, by an Election that is a fraudulent mess. Fake ballots, dead people voting, no Republican Poll Watchers allowed, & more!"

Wolf signed Act 77 into law on Oct. 31, 2019. Eight of the nine sponsors of the bill in the Pennsylvania Senate were Republicans.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
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The Qotard whale is unaware that the PA results have already been certified. This is like the Michigan canvasser that certified the results then wrote an affidavit trying to get her vote back. The right thing is allowed to happen and then they pretend to try and reverse it for the gullible wide eyed dopes like Qishy. Weak theater that only a Qotard would be tricked by.

PA certifies results

Edited: 11/25/2020 at 11:07 AM by Greensleeves

Jesus, Gary get with the program..

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When America was "great"

Edited: 11/25/2020 at 01:50 PM by fishkller

happy thanksgiving?

Ocala. LOL

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Ivan Pentchoukov of Epoch Times. Really? Fuck the disinfo folks don't even try to be sneaky anymore.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Edited: 11/25/2020 at 07:40 PM by Fish Killer

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Love the date. It's almost like this tweet didn't originate in the United States.

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I was right.

I'm sure this BOMBSHELL will work this time

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Qish qisser isn't stupid enough by himself. He posts bullshit from stupid people! Case in point the above dumb ass tweets that he's not a genius which is obviously true because he's a fucking dumbass but he tweets that there were 1.8 million ballots mailed out in PA? All you have to do is use Google to find Pennsylvania mailed over 3 million ballots out.

Dotards iz stoopid

Edited: 11/25/2020 at 09:44 PM by Greensleeves

Fake date from the wrong states and fake ballot numbers. Ever notice that most of the Trump faithful are horrible liars?

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I was right.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

I wrote an affidavit once. I gave it to Sally between 2nd and 3rd periods.

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uh oh.. he's using a bigger font now. That makes it more true yknow

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Reminder: Trump and his allies are 1-38 in post election litigation.

Hey Gary you fucking lommy piece of shit. Have a fucking bad Thanksgiving you trunt you.

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So if you are a surfer I wish you the prosperity that allows you more time to pursue the salt water dream, and the true happiness that comes from warm water, clean waves and the companionship of your fellow surfers. If you are an internet troll just spewing bs then f off.

Your EVIL shit will NEVER prevail.

Have a nice torment in everlasting hell.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

yep that's why Trump got kicked the F OUT

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He isn't out...and your EVIL shit will lose!

You counting your vultures before they hatch isn't going to work.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

this is great! When do we get to find out that trump has lost again?

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