A judge in Pennsylvania has ruled in favor of the Trump campaign after concluding that ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day that were segregated should not be counted.
The judge also determined that Kathy Boockvar, the Pennsylvania secretary of the Commonwealth, lacked the “statutory authority” to change election law days before the election.
“[The] Court concludes that Respondent Kathy Boockvar, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth, lacked statutory authority to issue the November 1, 2020, guidance to Respondents County Board of Elections insofar as that guidance purported to change the deadline in Section 1308(h) of the Pennsylvania Election Code […] for certain electors to verify proof of identification, based on Secretary Boockvar’s interpretation and application of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision in Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar,” Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt’s ruling reads. “Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS that Respondents County Boards of Elections are enjoined from counting any ballots that have been segregated.”
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As if this ruling will create a true and accurate count. This law was in place before the election. Since we know that law failed to prevent shenanigans I have no faith a later ruling will. How do we know all votes were properly segregated since those handling the votes didn’t initially follow proper procedure ? So if they weren’t properly segregated they will count ? Even when they should have been segregated ? I don’t believe it can be properly reconstructed and I believe it should all be re-voted and handled with proper oversight, or it should be thrown out due to the inability of the commonwealth to handle the election process properly. It should simply not be allowed to count if handled improperly.