PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Trump campaign is taking legal action to stop the vote count in Pennsylvania over what it says is a lack of transparency.
The campaign is taking issue with ballots received after Election Day.
Under current guidance from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, ballots can be counted as long as they arrive by 5 p.m. on Friday. However, the U.S. Supreme Court may review that decision, so those ballots are being kept separate from ones received before or on Election Day.
The Trump campaign is moving to intervene in the existing litigation, adding that the U.S. Supreme Court must “resolve this crucial contested legal question.”
The Trump campaign is also suing to stop election officials from “hiding the ballot counting,” according to a release from Justin Clark, deputy Trump campaign manager.
He claims Republican poll watchers were forced to stay 25 feet or more away from the counting process in Philadelphia, “leaving no meaningful way whatsoever for our observers to do their jobs,” he said.
The campaign is suing to “temporarily halt counting until there is meaningful transparency.”
The Trump campaign also accuses Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar illegally moving the deadline for first-time mail-in ballot voters to provide a form of ID.
The campaign scheduled a press conference for Wednesday afternoon outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, where the ballots are still being counted. Members of the camp, including Rudy Eric and Lara Trump, ar expected to be in attendance.
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