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24 Nov, 7 tweets, 3 min read
JUST IN:

Trump campaign announces hearings in PA, Michigan and Arizona legislatures.

Rudy Giuliani says important to "have a full vetting of election irregularities and fraud".

This, as the Trump legal team has NOT proven widespread, intentional, malicious fraud in a courtroom
The day Pennsylvania's certification is announced, Central Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano announces this hearing which will have Rudy Giuliani as a witness.

Last paragraph of release

"State Legislatures have the sole authority to select their representatives to the Electoral College"

Pa has certified its election results.

Senate Republican leadership says legislature has no role in appointing electors.

A few notable elements.

This hearing is NOT happening in the Pennsylvania legislature. It's inside a Gettysburg hotel. No Democratic lawmakers are LISTED as attending, but release does say "other lawmakers will join..."

No reps from @PAStateDept in the "WHO" section.
Response from Pittsburgh-area senate Democrat Jay Costa, lamenting taxpayer dollars being used to pay for this hearing.
@PASenateGOP says this is “informational”. I’m told it’s officially a caucus hearing for this committee, meaning no D’s will be present. Also, no vote or advancement of legislation will happen at the hearing tomorrow. Common for them to be in locations around the Commonwealth.
Senate Democrats say Giuliani has tried to throw out millions of votes. In front of federal judge, Giuliani said he wasn’t presenting a fraud case in Pennsylvania. Judge found Giuliani’s arguments “without merit” or evidence.

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25 Nov
JUST IN:

Commonwealth court orders a Friday hearing on the Mike Kelly/Sean Parnell lawsuit asking to throw away all mail-in ballots.

Also says to pause all activity as it relates to certification.

Unclear what this means, since PA election has formally been certified.

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Here's my thread Saturday which gives some context and color to what the lawsuit is about.

As to potential impacts:

We told you yesterday about additional certifications that take place on county levels as judges rule.

For example, Allegheny County Elections Board certified yesterday, but was set to meet at 2 today to certify additional ballots that courts ruled on. Image
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23 Nov
Republican Sam DeMarco, a member of the Elections Board, said he voted 'no' to certify in Allegheny County as a protest. One of the key items he protested: The legislature and governor unable to come to a deal on precanvassing.

Want to highlight some of WTAE's reporting on this.
September 21 (6 weeks before election day)

We told you how Democrats and Republicans agreed there needed to be a change to the law. At that time 2 million Pennsylvanians had requested mail-ballots, and not counting until Election Day could be an issue.

wtae.com/article/commit…
September 29 (5 weeks before election day)

A @timelywriter story highlighting concerns from County's, asking legislature to pass something.

"Counties need additional time to process mail-in ballots so we can have more counted on Election Day"

wtae.com/article/pennsy…
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23 Nov
THREAD

Just finished a chat with Republican Elections Board member Sam DeMarco to ask about his "no" vote on Allegheny County Elections certification.

He is calling it a protest vote. Not because of fraud or any wrongdoing, he says ALL voters should have faith in the results. Image
DeMarco is critical of the Republican legislature AND Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar.

His key point: No one worked together to pass things that would have contributed to a smooth election administration.
DeMarco says the legislature should have passed something. The governor should have worked with the legislature instead of going through the courts. That the courts rulings yielded changes NOT in Act 77, and Kathy Boockvar's guidance to counties created more confusion.
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23 Nov
Happy Monday Morning!

I'm monitoring an Allegheny County Board of Elections meeting happening now regarding certification of the November 3 election.

Meeting just called into order.

I'll post relevant updates into a thread here.
43 Emails in Public Comment:

5 urging to certify
19 urging to certify
4 saying thank you
11 with complaints
1 about provisional ballots

This meeting is strictly about certification, Fitzgerald says, adding they'll talk about improvements at a later date.
There's a move to certify everything SANS ballots that are still being litigated.

Sam DeMarco, Republican on the board, asks what happens if any litigation requires changes to tally.

Solicitor says they'd have to reconvene and have a separate vote to amend the certification.
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21 Nov
BREAKING:

Federal Judge Matthew Brann has dismissed the Trump Campaign lawsuit and has included some strong language in his opinion.

"...This court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations...unsupported by evidence."
BRANN: "In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more."

Reading through more of opinion now. Additions to thread shortly.
One of Trump campaign's arguments was an inconsistency btw counties about "curing" ballots. Secretary of State Boockvar gave a guidance to ALL counties about letting voters correct ballots, but it appears only SOME took advantage of that.

Brann says all counties had opportunity.
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21 Nov
Butler-Area representative Mike Kelly, PA-18 candidate Sean Parnell & others suing Pennsylvania to invalidate all mail-in ballots.

They're claiming that Act 77's provisions allowing mail-in voting are unconstitutional and certification of the election should be prohibited.
Act 77, Pennsylvania's new election code which expanded mail-in ballots, was passed by Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, and signed by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf.

This suit, filed today, weeks after the election, says Act 77 violates the PA constitution.
Suit acknowledges certification of results is underway and says if these votes are, in fact, invalidated, then it should be up to the Republican legislature to determine who Pennsylvania's electors should cast their votes for in the Electoral College.
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