Six GOP Reps Sue Over Military And Overseas Ballots

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

Six Republican members of Congress are suing the Pennsylvania Department of State, arguing that ballots from overseas voters — including members of the U.S. military — are susceptible to fraud because those voters are not subject to ID requirements applied to U.S.-based absentee voters.

None of the six lawmakers, who represent Pennsylvania, voted to certify the 2020 election results, and the lawyers working with them were involved in the election-denial efforts in 2020.

Several election-law experts called the suit a voter-suppression play that faces little chance in court given its last-minute filing before the highly consequential presidential election in Pennsylvania. The lawsuit was filed by U.S. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R., Washington), Lloyd Smucker (R., Lancaster), Dan Meuser (R., Luzerne), Glenn Thompson (R., Centre), Mike Kelly (R., Butler), and Scott Perry (R., York).

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