You may have recently seen news reports of Republicans in the House and Senate seeking to do a partisan review of last week's election. Here is why I oppose these efforts.
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There has been no evidence of fraud & there's no reason for this additional review. It is reprehensible for Republicans to parrot allegations from the outgoing President without any evidence, casting aspersions on our state and county officials who act with the utmost integrity.
There was a thorough review of the primary election by the Department of State and the broad, bipartisan Election Law Advisory Board was created earlier this year to review the general election and updates to election law. We do not need additional, partisan review.
Furthermore, fifteen Republicans were elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in last week's election, and yet they are now in Harrisburg casting doubt on the results.
If the Republicans truly believe there was fraud in our election, I would hope that the Republican members elected last week would recuse themselves from any investigation - given that they are not confident in their wins.
It is the peak of hypocrisy to condemn the results at the top of the ballot while claiming victory in Senate races. They simply cannot have it both ways. It is illogical and anti-democratic. This is a Republican effort to undermine public faith in our elections without cause.
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Today, @GovernorTomWolf announced a more realistic, flexible approach to crowds at indoor and outdoor events. These new capacity limits will go into effect on Friday the 9th of October.
Here's what the new rules are ⬇️
Indoor events venues with maximum capacities between:
•1 and 2000 will be capped at 20% of maximum capacity
•2001 and 10,000 will be capped at 15% of maximum capacity; and
•10,001 and above will be capped at 10% of maximum capacity, but no more the 3,750
Outdoor events venues with maximum capacities between:
•1 and 2000 will be capped at 25% of maximum capacity
•2001 and 10,000 will be capped at 20% of maximum capacity; and
•10,001 and above will be capped at 15% of maximum capacity, but no more than 7,500