Pennsylvania judge orders halt to further vote certification, Gov. Tom Wolf to appeal [View all]
Source: Morning Call
A Pennsylvania appeals court judge ordered state officials on Wednesday to halt any further steps toward certifying election results, a day after Gov. Tom Wolf said he had certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania.
It wasn't immediately clear if the order from Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough, a Republican, could hold up the certification of state and local contests on the ballot or interrupt the scheduled Dec. 14 meeting of the state's 20 electors. McCullough scheduled a hearing for Friday.
Wolf's administration quickly asked the state Supreme Court to block the ruling from taking effect, saying there was no "conceivable justification" for it.
"Since the birth of our nation nearly 250 years ago, no court has ever issued an order purporting to interfere with a state's ascertainment of its presidential electors - until today," the administration said in its motion.
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Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough (GOP)
"Since the birth of our nation nearly 250 years ago," Gov. Tom Wolf noted, "no court has ever issued an order purporting to interfere with a state's ascertainment of its presidential electors - until today."
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