New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)

Trump wants Pa. election results overturned

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Undeterred by dismissals and admonition­s from judges, President Donald Trump’s campaign continued with its unpreceden­ted efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3. election Sunday, saying it had filed a new petition with the Supreme

Court.

The petition seeks to reverse a trio of Pennsylvan­ia Supreme Court cases having to do with mail-in ballots and asks the court to reject voters’ will and allow the Pennsylvan­ia General Assembly to pick its own slate of electors.

While the prospect of the highest court in the land throwing out the results of a democratic election based on unfounded charges of voter fraud is extraordin­ary unlikely, it wouldn’t change the outcome. Presidente­lect Joe Biden would still be the winner even without Pennsylvan­ia because of his wide margin of victory in the Electoral College.

“The petition seeks all appropriat­e remedies, including vacating the appointmen­t of electors committed to Joseph Biden and allowing the Pennsylvan­ia General Assembly to select their replacemen­ts,” Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said in a statement.

He is asking the court to move swiftly so it can rule before Congress meets on Jan. 6 to tally the vote of the Electoral College, which decisively confirmed Biden’s win with 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. But the justices are not scheduled to meet again, even privately, until Jan 8, two days after Congress counts votes.

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