76 Members of PA General Assembly Ask Congress to Object to Electoral Count
76 Pennsylvania General Assembly members (which includes state Senators and Congressmen) signed a letter to Pennsylvania’s Congressional Delegation on December 4th, 2020. The letter asks the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation to object to Pennsylvania’s certified election results (the Electoral College votes awarded to Dem. Joe Biden).
Dear Senators and Representatives:
In 2019 the Pennsylvania General Assembly enacted comprehensive changes to our
Commonwealth’s Election Code. These changes both expanded voting access by permitting no-excuse mail-in ballots while also implementing reasonable safeguards to ensure that this new system would be secure, transparent, and would ensure that all Americans could have confidence in Pennsylvania’s election results. These changes received bipartisan support, including the signature of Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat.
Unfortunately, Governor Wolf and others quickly set about undermining the many protections
provided under this law. In particular:
- The Pennsylvania Election Code requires that all mail-in ballots be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day; Governor Wolf ordered that this statutory deadline be waived in some counties during the Primary Election, then sought its waiver statewide for the General Election.
- The Pennsylvania Election Code prohibits counties from inspecting ballots prior to 7 a.m. on Election Day; Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State issued guidance encouraging counties to ignore this prohibition, to inspect ballots, and to contact voters with deficient ballots prior to Election Day.
- The Pennsylvania Election Code prohibits the counting of defective absentee or mail-in ballots; Encouraged by the Department of State, some county boards of elections ignored this prohibition, and have proceeded to include thousands of defective ballots in the certified count.
- The Pennsylvania Election Code authorizes poll watchers to be selected by candidates and political parties and to observe the process of pre-canvassing and canvassing absentee and mail-in ballots; Certain counties in Pennsylvania prohibited these authorized individuals from meaningfully observing the pre-canvassing and canvassing activities.
3 U.S.C. §15, empowers Congress to reject electoral votes that are not ‘regularly given’ or
‘lawfully certified.’ The aforementioned conduct has undermined the lawful certification of
Pennsylvania’s delegation to the Electoral College.
For these reasons, we the undersigned members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly urge you to object, and vote to sustain such objection, to the Electoral College votes received from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021.
Seth Grove Kristin Phillips-Hill
Representative, 196th District Senator, 28th District
Judy Ward Mike Regan
Senator, 30th District Senator, 31st District
Dave Arnold Doug Mastriano
Senator, 48th District Senator, 33rd District
Joe Pittman Pat Stefano
Senator, 41st District Senator, 32nd District
Kerry Benninghoff Bryan Cutler
Representative, 171st District Representative, 100th District
Jim Cox Kate Klunk
Representative, 129th District Representative, 169th District
Torren Ecker Bud Cook
Representative, 193rd District Representative, 49th District
Jim Struzzi Frank Ryan
Representative, 62nd District Representative, 101st District
David Rowe Tina Pickett
Representative, 85th District Representative, 110th District
Aaron Kaufer Clint Owlett
Representative, 120th District Representative, 68th District
Ryan Warner Aaron Bernstine
Representative, 52nd District Representative, 10th District
Eric Nelson Andrew Lewis
Representative, 57th District Representative, 105th District
Doyle Heffley Kathy Rapp
Representative, 122nd District Representative, 65th District
David Maloney Lou Schmitt
Representative, 130th District Representative, 79th District
Craig Staats Mindy Fee
Representative, 145th District Representative, 37th District
Jesse Topper Eric Davanzo
Representative, 78th District Representative, 58th District
Paul Schemel Cris Dush
Representative, 90th District Senator Elect, 25th District
John Hershey David Millard
Representative, 82nd District Representative, 109th District
Brad Roae Ryan Mackenzie
Representative, 6th District Representative, 134th District
Marci Mustello Lee James
Representative, 11th District Representative, 64th District
Matt Dowling George Dunbar
Representative, 51st District Representative, 56th District
Jonathan Fritz Rich Irvin
Representative, 111th District Representative, 81st District
Martin Causer Jeff Wheeland
Representative, 67th District Representative, 83rd District
Tim Hennessey David Hickernell
Representative, 26th District Representative, 98th District
Greg Rothman Brett Miller
Representative, 87th District Representative,41st District
Dan Moul Keith Greiner
Representative, 91st District Representative, 43rd District
Thomas Sankey Jack Rader
Representative, 73rd District Representative, 176th District
Donna Oberlander Curt Sonney
Representative, 63rd District Representative, 4th District
Mike Reese Mike Jones
Representative, 59th District Representative, 93rd District
Todd Polinchock Kathleen Tomlinson
Representative, 144th District Representative, 18th District
Chris Quinn Barbara Gleim
Representative, 168th District Representative, 199th District
Martina White Carl Walker Metzgar
Representative, 170th District Representative, 69th District
Perry Stambaugh Tom Mehaffie
Representative, 86th District Representative, 106th District
Wendi Thomas James Gregory
Representative, 178th District Representative, 80th District
Michael Peifer Dawn Keefer
Representative, 139th District Representative, 92nd District
Natalie Mihalek Meghan Schroeder
Representative, 40th District Representative, 29th District
Steven Mentzer Mark Gillen
Representative, 97th District Representative, 128th District
Rob Kauffman
Representative, 89th District