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Posted on 11/27/2020 6:49:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
MEMORANDUM
Posted: November 27, 2020 12:50 PM
From: Representative Russ Diamond and Rep. Eric R. Nelson, Rep. Paul Schemel, Rep. Greg Rothman, Rep. Francis X. Ryan, Rep. Dawn W. Keefer, Rep. Mike Jones, Rep. David H. Rowe, Rep. Michael J. Puskaric, Rep. Barbara Gleim, Rep. Bud Cook, Rep. Cris Dush, Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, Rep. David H. Zimmerman, Rep. Daryl D. Metcalfe, Rep. David M. Maloney, Sr., Rep. Dan Moul, Rep. Brad Roae, Rep. Kathy L. Rapp, Rep. Jim Cox, Rep. Rob W. Kauffman
To: All House members
Subject: RESOLUTION Disputing the 2020 General Election Statewide Contest Results
In the immediate future, we will be introducing the following resolution:
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A RESOLUTION
Declaring the results of statewide electoral contests in the 2020 General Election to be in dispute.
WHEREAS, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution empowers state legislatures, including the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to prescribe the “Times, Places, and Manner” of conducting elections; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution empowers state legislatures, including the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to direct the manner of appointing electors for President and Vice President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has exercised its authority to establish election administration procedures for the Commonwealth, known as the Pennsylvania Election Code; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires all mail-in ballots to be received by eight o’clock P.M. on the day of the election; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires election officials at polling places to authenticate the signatures of in-person voters; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code requires that county boards of elections shall not meet to conduct a pre-canvass of all absentee and mail-in ballots until seven o’clock A.M. on Election Day, during which time defects on mail-in ballots would be identified; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code prohibits the counting of defective absentee or mail-in ballots; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Election Code authorizes “watchers,” selected by candidates and political parties, to observe the process of canvassing absentee and mail-in ballots; and
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth conducted an election on November 3, 2020 for federal offices, including selecting electors for President and Vice President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, officials in the Executive and Judicial Branches of the Commonwealth infringed upon the General Assembly’s authority under the United States Constitution by unlawfully changing the rules governing the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2020, less than seven weeks before the November 3, 2020 election, the partisan majority on the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unlawfully and unilaterally extended the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received, mandated that ballots mailed without a postmark would be presumed to be received timely, and could be accepted without a verified voter signature; and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2020, less than two weeks before the November 3, 2020 election and upon a petition from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ruled that mail-in ballots need not authenticate signatures for mail-in ballots, thereby treating in-person and mail-in voters dissimilarly and eliminating a critical safeguard against potential election crime; and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 2020, the night before the November 3, 2020 election and prior to the prescribed time for pre-canvassing mail-in ballots, the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth encouraged certain counties to notify party and candidate representatives of mail-in voters whose ballots contained defects; and
WHEREAS, heavily Democrat counties permitted mail-in voters to cure ballot defects while heavily Republican counties followed the law and invalidated defective ballots; and
WHEREAS, in certain counties in the Commonwealth, watchers were not allowed to meaningfully observe the pre-canvassing and canvassing activities relating to absentee and mail-in ballots; and
WHEREAS, in other parts of the Commonwealth, watchers observed irregularities concerning the pre-canvassing and canvassing of absentee and mail-in ballots; and
WHEREAS, postal employees in Pennsylvania have reported anomalies relating to mail-in ballots, including multiple ballots delivered to a single address with unfamiliar addressees, ballots mailed to vacant homes, empty lots, and addresses that did not exist; and
WHEREAS, witnesses testifying before the Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee on November 25, 2020 have provided additional compelling information regarding the questionable nature of the administration of the 2020 General Election; and
WHEREAS, there remains ongoing litigation concerning the administration of the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, Pennsylvania’s general election results were certified on December 12, 2016, and on November 24, 2020, the Secretary of the Commonwealth unilaterally and prematurely certified results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors despite ongoing litigation; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has the duty to ensure that no citizen of this Commonwealth is disenfranchised, to insist that all elections are conducted according to the law, and to satisfy the general public that every legal vote is counted accurately;
THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives—
1. Recognizes substantial irregularities and improprieties associated with mail-in balloting, pre-canvassing, and canvassing during the November 3, 2020 election; and
2. Disapproves of the infringement on the General Assembly’s authority pursuant to the United States Constitution to regulate elections; and
3. Disapproves of and disagrees with the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s premature certification of the results of the November 3, 2020 election regarding presidential electors; and
4. Declares that the selection of presidential electors and other statewide electoral contest results in this Commonwealth is in dispute; and
5. Urges the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Governor to withdraw or vacate the certification of presidential electors and to delay certification of results in other statewide electoral contests voted on at the 2020 General Election; and
6. Urges the United States Congress to declare the selection of presidential electors in this Commonwealth to be in dispute.
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Please join us in cosponsoring this critical resolution.
Is this a boom or kraken?
More words! Yeah!
Victory!
Perhaps, this is a sign of some progress.
However, after almost a month, I wish we’d see some concrete results . . . Namely, officially flipping one of the six disputed states to PDJT!!!
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might be a tic toc..
One important item is missing. I see no reference to the legislature being the body to now select the electors. This is like the Seinfeld car reservation episode where they didn’t hold the reservation. They left out the most important part of the resolution which was to affirm the power to choose the electors resides with the legislature.
OH A RESOLUTION! Well that will show em!
It smells like they are ducking their responsibilities. I have little or no faith in Pennsylvania Republicans doing the right thing. They are Tom Ridge’s in their hearts and souls.
Doug is on the hunt
It is impossible for more mail-in ballots to come in than were sent out unless there was a massive and undeniable voter fraud scheme in play. That’s the takeaway from evidence posted by Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano on Friday.
This was posted on our Department of State dashboard but had since been deleted. pic.twitter.com/bDmvCK0kDB
— Senator Doug Mastriano (@SenMastriano) November 27, 2020
According to a cross-reference of numbers of mail-in ballots that went out compared to those that were returned, an impossible and huge discrepancy emerges. According to the Secretary of State, 1,462,302 of the 1,823,148 ballots mailed out in Pennsylvania were returned. But the total number of mail-in ballots supposedly counted in Pennsylvania was 2,589,242. That means 1,126,940 mail-in ballots that were never sent to Pennsylvania voters were counted in the election.
That is, of course, impossible. The scenarios in which such an error can be made are all easily debunked. If the state is reporting a lower number of ballots mailed out that what they’re showing, a quick audit of postage paid to the USPS would show the discrepancy. If one exists, the state defrauded the USPS for postage on over a million pieces of mail.
The democrats and the deep state are panicking!
I dont see Col. Doug Mastrioni’s name on there. Is he a state Senator?
This article published before the election alludes that about 3 million ballots were mailed out:
“More than 78% of Pennsylvania voters who requested a mail-in or absentee ballots have already cast their votes by Election Day eve.
Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar said Monday 2,414,349 ballots that have been returned. Among those mail-in ballots, 1,596,195 – or 66% – came from Democratic voters, while 555,805 – or 23% – are from Republican voters. The remaining 262,349 (11%) came from third-party or unaffiliated party registrants.”
They need to include in the resolution that the legislature will vote on the selection of the electors. That is either a huge oversight or was intentionally left out. Either way, without it the resolution is basically worthless.
That was another unforced error from Rudy. He confused the primary mail in ballots sent with the number sent for the general election. The number went from 1.8 million in the primary to 2.5 million in the general election.
Nice first step.
The article means nothing! In California, an article was printed in late Sept. Ststing that over 22 million ballots were mailed. Today, only 17 million were counted.
Impossible to prove fraud after the ballots (which are secret ballots with no identifying marks) are separated from the envelope WITHOUT OBSERVATION by representatives of all parties in contest.
So the legislature has to use other methods to determine fraud. Such as more ballots recorded than sent out and republican observers barred from observing.
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