Should election observers observe ballot-counting or just BE IN THE ROOM?

 In its decision the court said state law only requires that observers be allowed “in the room” where ballots are counted and does not mandate a minimum distance, NBC News said.

The 5-2 majority opinion also found that the Philadelphia Board of Elections “did not act contrary to the law in fashioning its regulations governing the positioning of candidate representatives,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.  “Critically, we find the board’s regulations … were reasonable,” Justice Debra Todd wrote.

The ruling reverses a Nov. 5 order in which Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon sided with the Trump campaign and agreed to reduce the 25-foot distance (to six feet) from which “candidates, watchers or candidate representatives” could watch the votes being counted.  https://nypost.com/2020/11/17/pennsylvania-supreme-court-reverses-ruling-in-election-observers-case/

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11-17-20   There is nothing in Pennsylvania law which states that observers must be able to "audit ballots," the majority PA S.C. opinion reads.  https://patch.com/pennsylvania/lansdale/judge-receives-pa-election-lawsuit-skeptically-cancels-hearing

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10-30-20  PA Secretary State

Boockvar (D) said "Interference in voting is illegal.”   Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. "Interference, intimidation, and fraud undermines that ability and we will not stand for it." 

https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/State-details.aspx?newsid=426

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11-5-20  Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon reversed a lower court decision  and concluded that “all candidates, watchers, or candidate representatives be permitted to be present for the canvassing process … and be permitted to observe all aspects of the canvassing process within 6 feet, while adhering to all COVID-19 protocols, including, wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.”   Philly city said it had the authority to position observers further back in order to ensure security and follow COVID-19 protocol    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pennsylvania-judge-permits-campaign-observers-close-view-ballot/story?id=74040279

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12-6-20  On Thanksgiving Day the Amistad Project sued Sec. of State

Benson (D) for sending millions of absentee ballot applications to every household in the state of MI without verifying whether the intended recipients were still residing at the same location, whether they were eligible to vote in 2020 or even whether they were still alive.

The Michigan Star reports- the Amistad lawsuit notes that Benson circumvented the explicit intent of the Michigan Legislature, which established an absentee ballot process designed to minimize the risk of fraud.  Benson allegedly violated numerous provisions of this process by sending unsolicited absentee ballot applications to every household in the state.  Benson compounded the error by establishing a process for online absentee ballot applications, again without statutory authority. This precludes the possibility of obtaining an actual signature from the voter, as required by law.  The secretary of state’s unlawful actions flooded the state with absentee ballots, which are inherently less secure than in-person voting. https://100percentfedup.com/breaking-protest-erupts-in-front-of-radical-mi-sec-of-state-jocelyn-bensons-home-after-lawmakers-discover-all-mi-county-clerks-were-ordered-to-delete-all-election-related-data-from-computers/

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