Pennsylvania Court Rules Mail-in Voting Unconstitutional, a Win for Election Integrity

[mystery-ak]

Pennsylvania Court Rules Mail-in Voting Unconstitutional, a Win for Election Integrity

Wendell Husebø 28 Jan 2022

Three conservative judges on a five-court panel struck down Pennsylvania’s 2019 expanded mail-in voting law that reportedly permitted 2.5 million people, the majority of them Democrats, to cast votes in 2020.

Basing their decisions on election laws passed in 1839 and 1923, the court ruled the legislature’s law unconstitutional. Pennsylvania’s constitution would have to be changed to allow mail-in voting, the court held.

“The Pennsylvania Constitution requires a qualified elector to present her ballot in person at a designated polling place on Election Day, except where she meets one of the constitutional exceptions for absentee voting,” the ruling reads.

In 2019, the Republican-controlled legislature voted to permit mail-in ballots for additional reasons, such as illness and physical disability, which the judges deemed unconstitutional under the state constitution.

Gov. Tom Wolf (D) immediately announced he would appeal the decision to the state’s supreme court. “The Administration will immediately appeal this decision to the state Supreme Court and today’s lower court ruling will have no immediate effect on mail-in voting pending a final decision on the appeal,” he said.

The ruling comes as Pennsylvania residents will elect a new governor and a U.S. senator in a hotly contested battle amid a 50-50 split senate. The ruling may impact the November election.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/28/pennsylvania-court-rules-mail-in-voting-unconstitutional-a-win-for-election-integrity/

[Fishrrman]

This won't survive an appeal to the PA Supreme Court, which is leftist.
But... nice try.

[libertybele]

This won't survive an appeal to the PA Supreme Court, which is leftist.
But... nice try.

We can always hope.  It's a step in the right direction anyways.

[Bigun]

Basing their decisions on election laws passed in 1839 and 1923, the court ruled the legislature’s law unconstitutional. Pennsylvania’s constitution would have to be changed to allow mail-in voting, the court held.

And they ruled properly as that is exactly what the Pennsylvania Constitution requires. It will take some very creative reading to overcome that fact.

[Kamaji]

So, will this be upheld by the PA Supreme Court?

[Fishrrman]

Kamaji:
"So, will this be upheld by the PA Supreme Court?"

As I mentioned above, the PA Supreme Court is dominated by leftists.
They will find SOME way to wiggle and twist this case by which to overturn the lower court's decision.