Century-old law let voters file baseless recount petitions and delay Pa.'s election certification

[FakeNoose]

(link) https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/12/pa-midterm-election-2022-recount-petitions-certification-history/

HARRISBURG — Good-government advocates and voting experts say Pennsylvania should change a recount law that was weaponized by activists and delayed the state’s certification by several weeks.

A Votebeat and Spotlight PA review of historical legislative records and news articles found that the 1927 provision has not been substantially updated in the near-century since its passage, and was designed to combat a type of fraud now easily detected by modern improvements to election administration.

The recount petition fee, for example, has never been updated from the $50 amount set in 1927. Adjusted for inflation, the modern equivalent is $860.

By design, the authors of the law specifically didn’t require citizens submitting recount petitions to include proof of fraud. That means almost none of the petitions submitted this year offered actual evidence of malfeasance.

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This is Repukes' abusing a petition system that was set up to address issues of glaring malfeasance in judicial elections of the 1920's. It has no bearing in the current political climate that has been exploited by Chump and the MAGAts. This year's recount petitioners (all Repukes) showed no proof of fraud, but they still delayed the state's final election counts by several weeks. It's testing the system to see if they can DELAY or PREVENT the certification of elected Democrats. This must be addressed before 2024.

[Lovie777]

1. The GQPs are definitely some selfish evil assholes.....