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2022-01-29 10:09:20 UTC
Another win for President Trump.
A Pennsylvania court struck down the commonwealths mail-in voting law,
saying that voters must amend the state constitution in order to enact the
legislation.
The 3-2 decision by a five-judge Commonwealth Court panel of three
Republicans and two Democrats struck down Act 77, which has allowed
Pennsylvania residents to vote by mail without an excuse since 2019.
"No-excuse mail-in voting makes the exercise of the franchise more
convenient and has been used four times in the history of Pennsylvania,"
Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt wrote in the ruling Friday.
"If presented to the people, a constitutional amendment to end the Article
VII, Section 1 requirement of in-person voting is likely to be adopted.
But a constitutional amendment must be presented to the people and adopted
into our fundamental law before legislation authorizing no-excuse mail-in
voting can be placed upon our statute books."
The court did not rule on the merits of mail-in voting but concluded that
the expansion must be done via constitutional amendment and not through
legislation.
Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf appealed the ruling, saying the
appeal means the ruling has no immediate effect. Wolf said he will take
the case to the state Supreme Court, which is controlled by Democrats by a
5-2 margin.
Republicans in the state, as well as across the country, have decried
mail-in voting, citing reports of lost ballots and fraud, while Democrats
nationwide have pushed for more mail-in voting in recent years, citing
concerns about the coronavirus pandemic spreading at polling places.
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President Trump, a vocal critic of Pennsylvanias voting practices during
the 2020 election, referred to the ruling as "big news."
"Big news out of Pennsylvania, great patriotic spirit is developing at a
level that nobody thought possible. Make America Great Again!" Trump said
in a statement through his political action committee.
The mail-in voting law has become a hot topic on the campaign trail, with
nearly every Republican candidate for governor including two of three
state senators who voted for it vowing to repeal it.
Just over 2.5 million people voted under the laws expansion of mail-in
voting in 2020's presidential election, most of them Democrats, out of 6.9
million total votes cast.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-court-strikes-down-no-
excuse-mail-in-voting-law
A Pennsylvania court struck down the commonwealths mail-in voting law,
saying that voters must amend the state constitution in order to enact the
legislation.
The 3-2 decision by a five-judge Commonwealth Court panel of three
Republicans and two Democrats struck down Act 77, which has allowed
Pennsylvania residents to vote by mail without an excuse since 2019.
"No-excuse mail-in voting makes the exercise of the franchise more
convenient and has been used four times in the history of Pennsylvania,"
Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt wrote in the ruling Friday.
"If presented to the people, a constitutional amendment to end the Article
VII, Section 1 requirement of in-person voting is likely to be adopted.
But a constitutional amendment must be presented to the people and adopted
into our fundamental law before legislation authorizing no-excuse mail-in
voting can be placed upon our statute books."
The court did not rule on the merits of mail-in voting but concluded that
the expansion must be done via constitutional amendment and not through
legislation.
Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf appealed the ruling, saying the
appeal means the ruling has no immediate effect. Wolf said he will take
the case to the state Supreme Court, which is controlled by Democrats by a
5-2 margin.
Republicans in the state, as well as across the country, have decried
mail-in voting, citing reports of lost ballots and fraud, while Democrats
nationwide have pushed for more mail-in voting in recent years, citing
concerns about the coronavirus pandemic spreading at polling places.
GET THE FOX NEWS APP
President Trump, a vocal critic of Pennsylvanias voting practices during
the 2020 election, referred to the ruling as "big news."
"Big news out of Pennsylvania, great patriotic spirit is developing at a
level that nobody thought possible. Make America Great Again!" Trump said
in a statement through his political action committee.
The mail-in voting law has become a hot topic on the campaign trail, with
nearly every Republican candidate for governor including two of three
state senators who voted for it vowing to repeal it.
Just over 2.5 million people voted under the laws expansion of mail-in
voting in 2020's presidential election, most of them Democrats, out of 6.9
million total votes cast.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-court-strikes-down-no-
excuse-mail-in-voting-law