Court upholds ruling that Philly satellite election offices aren't polling places
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Friday agreed that President Donald Trump’s campaign can’t station poll watchers inside satellite election offices in Philadelphia.
A three-judge panel upheld a ruling two weeks ago from Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Gary S. Glazer the offices are not polling places, according to the state’s Election Code. Voters can request and drop off mail ballots at the 17 offices in different parts of the city. Poll watchers, selected by candidates or political parties, observe in-person voting at polling places on Election Day.
Trump’s campaign sued the city three weeks ago after staffers it sent to monitor the first offices as they opened were turned away by the City Commissioners, who run elections in Philadelphia.
Trump and his campaign have repeatedly used unsubstantiated claims and concerns about voter fraud in the courts to try undermine public confidence in the 2020 election. He declared during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29 that “bad things happen in Philadelphia” during voting.
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As a note - the lowest state court here in PA is the Court of Common Pleas and the "appeal" level is the PA Commonwealth Court. The last word would be the PA State Supreme Court.
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a group of politicians who are a part of running our Democracy are SO BUSY trying to make it difficult to allow citizens to take part in that Democracy....... 
actually see a dime of reimbursement.
And it is unfortunate that not only does the national media, but even the local media in some instances, as well as advocacy groups, confuse the issue by dubbing these "satellite offices" as "early voting locations".
There is NO "in-person early voting" in PA like some other states have. These offices are glorified "drop sites" that also handle voter registrations, requests for absentee ballots, and can be used for completed absentee ballot submission when not submitting through the mail. NONE of these ballots will be opened UNTIL election day, when regular "in person voting" is underway.
Philadelphia has new voting machines that will be used ON ELECTION DAY at designated POLLING LOCATIONS. 
