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Show Transcript MICHAEL. MICHAEL: SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY’S OBJECTION TO JOE BIDEN’S ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY IS IMPORTANT SINCE HE WAS THE FIRST. BECAUSE WITHOUT A SENATOR JOINING ANY HOUSE OBECTIONS THEY COULD NOT GO FOWARD. HAWLEY’S OBJECTION WAS TO A 2019 LAW PERMITTING MAIL-IN VOTING IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE LAW IS CALLED ACT 77 MIKE. AND YOU’RE RIGHT THE BASIC FACTS ARE THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION HAS NEVER PERMITTED UNIVERSAL MAIL-IN BALLOTING. MICHAEL: IN 2019 THE PENNSYLVAINIA LEGISTURE APPROVED MAIL-IN VOTING BY A WIDE MARGIN. 2.5 MILLION VOTERS, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE VOTE, USED IT IN NOVEMBER. A PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MIKE KELLY CHALLENGED THE LAW WITH A SUIT. THAT THE MAIL-IN VOTING LAW IS NOT PERMITTED BY TH