This shit is really getting to be a drag. There are news reports this morning that Vladimir Putin isn't quite ready to recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect. That helps us understand why Cheez Doodle is refusing to concede his loss or allow the transition to proceed. Putin probably realizes that in about 84 days, his fucking free ride is over where the United States is concerned.
Another lawsuit was filed Saturday in Pennsylvania state court, claiming that Act 77, passed in 2019 with bipartisan support, violates the state constitution because it expanded mail-in voting. The contention of the plaintiffs is that a formal amendment was required to make the changes to absentee ballots authorized in that legislation.
This was a last-minute action by Cheez Doodle fluffers like Rep. Mike Kelly, who is one of the plaintiffs as well as a proud MAGA ass-kisser. Pennsylvania is scheduled to certify the state's election results tomorrow (Monday). The suit is demanding the certification be prohibited unless all the mail-in ballots (other than military absentee) are thrown out, or that the court directs the PA legislature (Republican majority) to select the state's Electoral College delegation. There are millions of mail-in votes, most for Biden, that would be nullified if the plaintiffs are successful.
So far, I haven't seen any analysis of the matter by legal experts, so I have no sense of the probabilities in this case. Regardless of how the state court rules, this is expected to move quickly to the state supreme court for the definitive ruling.
Update 6:15 PM: I ran across something at DAILY KOS that eased my mind just a bit, although I don't know how accurate it might be. The writer contends that the mail-in ballots created in Act 77 are not modified absentee ballots, but a separate class of ballot, created under a different section of the law, ergo, amending the state constitution wasn't necessary. If this is interpretation is valid, the courts should be able to move this obstacle out of the road fairly quickly. Fingers x'ed.
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