By Vision Times December 20, 2020
After their first lawsuit was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and other GOP congressional candidates have appealed to SCOTUS to reconsider and hear their case regarding violation of election rules in Pennsylvania.
The lawsuit contends against Act 77 (signed by Governor Wolf on Oct. 31, 2019) which made voting by mail without any excuse legal in the state. It also allowed voters to submit their ballots up to 50 days prior to the election, and established a “semi-permanent mail-in and absentee ballot voter list.†Kelly argues that the act violates Pennsylvania’s constitution which requires voters to appear in person to make their vote, and gives exception to the rule only in specific circumstances.
After their first attempt for immediate injunctive relief to decertify the election results in Pennsylvania was rejected, Greg Teufel, the lawyer for the group announced that they would be filing a formal petition, a writ of certiorari, to request the court to review their lawsuit.
The U.S. Supreme Court does not accept all cases that come its way. If a party wishes to appeal to the land’s highest court (from a lower court), they must file a writ of certiorari, and if at least four justices agree to review the case, then the court will make a decision to hear it. Teufel’s writ of certiorari was docketed by the court on Dec. 15.
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No. 20-542
Vide 20-574
Title: Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Petitioner
v.
Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al.
Docketed: October 26, 2020
Linked with 20A53, 20A84
Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
Case Numbers: (133 MM 2020)
Decision Date: September 17, 2020
Dec 16 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
