Accusing state officials of ‘partisan hatred,’ Trump camp announces a new suit over Pa. vote count – By Jeremy Roebuck (The Philadelphia Inquirer) / Nov 9 2020
Trump campaign officials accused Pennsylvania’s top elections administrator of “partisan hatred” on Monday and claimed without evidence that Democratic leaders in the state had conspired to systematically tip the election in their favor.
Announcing the filing of a new federal lawsuit in Harrisburg, White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany zeroed in on Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and repeated complaints over the level of access that GOP monitors were given to observe the vote-counting process, particularly in Philadelphia.
“Ask yourself this: What are Pennsylvania Democrats hiding?” she said. “Why can’t observers simply observe the count?”
Both Republican and Democratic monitors have been allowed into counting rooms across the state since the counting of ballots began. But in Philadelphia, GOP observers have consistently complained that they were kept too far away to meaningfully observe individual ballots before they were added to the tally.
