Pennsylvania Supreme Court Pauses Examination of Fulton County Voting Machines
January 17, 2022 | Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee contractor Envoy Sage cannot yet gather data from Fulton County’s election devices according to a Friday order of the state Supreme Court.
That directive stays part of a recent Commonwealth-Court ruling that allows the investigation to proceed. Fulton County’s commissioners have voted to comply with the Senate probe, which is part of a broader examination of the 2020 and 2021 Pennsylvania elections and has been spearheaded by the committee’s Republican Chairman Cris Dush (R-Wellsboro). The Democrat-run Pennsylvania Department of State and the voting machines’ manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems are litigating to stop it.
Pennsylvania’s high court will ultimately rule on whether or not the county must cancel the inspection of the machinery or at least commission a state-approved company to perform the review. Those seeking to quash the investigation, including Gov. Tom Wolf (D), want Envoy Sage to identify the individuals who would be handling the voting equipment and to assent to strict protocols should the court ultimately allow the review to take place…. (Excerpts from the Pennsylvania Daily Star)
