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October 2021
SUBPOENA SHOWDOWN 5 reasons why Pennsylvania Democrats are suing Republicans over election subpoenas State Sen. Vincent Hughes has called the GOP election investigation a “scam” and insisted there is no evidence to warrant it.
By Justin Sweitzer
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ENATE DEMOCRATS have filed multiple lawsuits challenging a GOP committee’s efforts to subpoena the voting info of nearly 9 million Pennsylvanians as part of a partisan probe into the state’s recent elections. Attorney General Josh Shapiro followed suit a week later, arguing that the subpoenas would expose sensitive voter information in a manner that violates the state constitution. Republicans say their “forensic investigation” into the state’s elections will help policymakers update the state’s election laws and improve confidence in elections while also helping to discern whether allegations of voter fraud have any merit. But Democrats view the investigation as a thinly-veiled political ploy to appease former President Donald Trump, who has called for state-level election “audits” as he pushes conspiracy theories about the 2020 general election. Democrats are hoping that their legal challenges will succeed and result in the subpoenas being blocked. Here are 5 reasons why state Democrats are dueling with their Republican counterparts:
1 - They say the legislature doesn’t have the authority to contest elections. Democrats on the committee undertaking the review argue that the GOP-led election investigation amounts
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