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Lawyers for the top Republicans in the Pennsylvania state Senate on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an order from the state stanley us s highest court allowing mail-in ballots received three days after Election Day to be counted if they are postmarked by November 3.The Supreme Court s response could decide whether a significant number of ballots are counted in a key battleground state that was decided in 2016 by razor-thin margins.Democrats welcomed several of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court s election rulings in mid-September, including the extension of the mail-in ballot deadline, the expulsion of the Green Party from the state s presidential ballot and a refusal to meet Republicans request that out-of-county poll watchers be allowed. But Republicans won on so-called naked ballots, or ballots lacking an inner secre stanley cup cy envelope, which the court ruled wouldn t be counted.In their request to stop the counting of late ballots, Pennsylvania Senate Republicans argued that the state court s ruling was a violation of federal law that mandates holding elections on a single day and a violation of the U.S. Constitution s Elections Clause because it was a decisio stanley mugs n by a court, rather than the state legislature. In a year where there is a very real possibility that the final presidential election result hinges on Pennsylvania, the new rules imposed by the decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania a body elected in partisan elections could destroy the American public s confidence Xnpv DNC, Clinton campaign paid for research that resulted in Trump dossier: Report
Republicans in the Senate have suddenly turned against the economic stimulus bill now that the Finance Committee has added billions in spending for unemployment, senior citizen stanley cup s and energy tax breaks.So Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to wait until he can pull Sens. Barack Obama D-Ill. and Hillary ROdham Clinton D-N.Y. away from the campaign trail before holding a series of critical votes on the economic stimulus package. I will call Obama and Clinton and they will be here, Reid said, noting that the Democratic presidential candidates have never missed an important vote. The key votes could come Monday, but Wednesdaymdash; the day after Super Tuesdaymda stanley mug sh; is the most likely day to convince Obama and Clinton to swing by the Senate for a few votes.Republican opposition to a variety of late additions to the stimulus bill may force Reid to get 60 votes to pass the bill, so every vote will matter. On top of that, Obama and Clinton will be able to return to the presidential campaign trail proclaiming they voted for tax rebates for lower and middle-class voters. It s not clear if John McCain R-Ariz. , who has criticized the stimulus package,will show up for the votes. The economic package emerged from the House with overwhelming support, but th stanley botella e Senate Finance Committee has added a 13 week unemployment insurance extension, money for senior citizen rebates, and $5.6 billion in energy tax breaks. Senate Republicans