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The willful blindness of Republicans.

Brewster to be sworn in Wednesday Jan 13, 2021 HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s state Senate said they will stop blocking a Democrat from taking his seat in the chamber after his unsuccessful GOP challenger lost another bid in court Tuesday to overturn the results of the close race. U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan was under pressure to settle a fight that spilled onto the floor of the state Senate last week when majority Republicans refused to let Democratic state Sen. Jim Brewster of Allegheny County be sworn in. Democrats praised Ranjan’s decision and ca...

Both Allegheny County and the state Supreme Court previously had ruled that the ballots should be counted despite the language of the law requiring that voters must "fill out, date and sign" a declaration on the outer envelope of their mail-in ballots. When ballots are submitted through the mail, they are post-marked and time-stamped upon their arrival at county election offices. Prior to the election, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration had counseled counties not to count such votes, according to the Associated Press.  But the state Supreme Court ruled, 4-3, against Ziccarelli's challenge, swu...

Jan 13, 2021 HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s state Senate said they will stop blocking a Democrat from taking his seat in the chamber after his unsuccessful GOP challenger lost another bid in court Tuesday to overturn the results of the close race. U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan was under pressure to settle a fight that spilled onto the floor of the state Senate last week when majority Republicans refused to let Democratic state Sen. Jim Brewster of Allegheny County be sworn in. Democrats hailed Ranjan’s decision, and called on Republicans to immediately...

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Jim Brewster of Allegheny County was swore in Wednesday. He defeated Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli by 69 votes in...