The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected the Trump campaign’s claim that the GOP was denied access to oversee the Philadelphia vote count.
The court’s decision was 5-2 which raises eyebrows because the GOP either lacked access or they didn’t. The justices here seemed to disagree.
Breaking: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected the Trump campaign's claim that Republicans lacked access to Philadelphia's vote count proceedings. The ruling was 5-2 against the campaign.https://t.co/tdNwajyk0Q
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 17, 2020
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Republican monitors observing vote counting in Philadelphia were given sufficient access under state law to view the proceedings.
In a 5-2 decision, the court overturned a lower court decision that ordered monitors with President Donald Trump’s campaign be allowed within six feet of tables where ballots were being tallied.
In its opinion, the Supreme Court found that the Philadelphia Board of Elections complied with requirements for observer access from the moment the first votes were counted.
“We conclude the board did not act contrary to the law in fashioning its regulations governing the positioning of candidate representatives,” Justice Debra Todd wrote for the majority. “Critically, we find the board’s regulations … were reasonable.”
The two justices who dissented were Chief Justice Thomas Saylor and Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy.
