另一项法院裁决不利于特朗普竞选团队的盟友停止2020年总统选举的认证选举在宾夕法尼亚州，该州最高法院周六发布命令，驳回了最近一项针对邮寄投票的法院挑战。
这次选举挑战是由美国共和党众议员迈克·凯利(Mike Kelly)和另一名共和党国会候选人提出的，他声称州立法机构没有合法通过允许普遍邮寄投票的措施。
原告呼吁法院让宾夕法尼亚州国务卿凯西·布克瓦取消所有邮寄选票，或者，如果没有，授权州立法机构任命新的选民。周二，一名审判法官发布了一项临时禁令，暂停选举认证过程，直到问题得到解决。布克瓦的办公室立即将此事提交给州最高法院。
宾夕法尼亚最高法院周六撤销了禁令，并带着偏见驳回了此案，这意味着共和党不能撤回禁令。
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代表，迈克·凯利，R-Pa。在众议院辩论弹劾条款时，他说
法院的意见指出，凯利没有及时提出宪法质疑。尽管立法机构在2019年10月通过了一项扩大邮寄投票的措施，但直到一年后才提起诉讼，这表明法院所说的“完全没有尽职尽责”。
“非同寻常的主张需要非同寻常的证据，”大法官大卫·韦希特在一份赞同意见中写道。“请愿者无法承受他们巨大的负担。他们未能指控哪怕是一张邮寄的选票被错误地投出或计算。”
两名大法官同意这一观点，但在是否有可能对普遍邮寄投票的使用提出有效质疑的问题上，他们提出了不同的意见。首席大法官托马斯·g·塞勒和法官莎莉·乌迪克·蒙迪认为，尽管如此，在现阶段停止认证并不是正确的补救办法。
“他们提议的禁令补救措施将不会被进一步考虑，”法官写道。
周六，凯利的律师拒绝置评。
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宾夕法尼亚州切斯特县邮寄选票的照片。，2020年11月4日。
这位国会议员一直在社交媒体上表达他对选举结果的担忧。11月16日，他发表声明说，选举的管理方式“导致数百万美国人对我们的选举制度失去信心。”
法院的裁决代表了一系列不利裁决的最新进展唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统和他的盟友继续在关键的摇摆州之一努力挑战2020年竞选的结果。
特朗普周三在葛底斯堡与一群共和党议员通电话时，表示他努力在法院找到一个友好的听证会。
特朗普说:“我们必须重新开始选举。”。“我们所需要的只是让一些法官在没有政治观点或其他问题的情况下，适当地听取意见。”
当选总统乔·拜登以超过80，000张选票赢得了宾夕法尼亚州。结果由布克瓦认证，并由州长汤姆·沃尔夫于周二签署。
Pennsylvania Supreme Court denies another bid by Trump allies to halt election certification
Another court ruling has gone against allies of the Trump campaign in their bid to halt certification of the 2020 presidentialelectionin Pennsylvania, as the state's Supreme Court issued an order Saturday dismissing a recent court challenge focused on mail-in voting.
This election challenge was brought by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, a Republican, along with another GOP candidate for Congress, alleging that the state legislature had not legally passed the measure allowing for universal mail-in voting.
The plaintiffs called on the court to have Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar cancel all mail-in ballots or, if not, to empower the state legislature to appoint new electors. A trial judge on Tuesday had imposed a temporary injunction to pause the election certification process until the question could be resolved. Boockvar's office brought the matter immediately to the state Supreme Court.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the injunction on Saturday and dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the GOP cannot bring it back.
The court's opinion noted that Kelly had failed to file the constitutional challenge in a timely manner. While the legislature passed a measure to broaden mail-in voting in October 2019, the suit was not filed until a year later -- showing what the court called a "complete failure to act with due diligence."
"Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof," Justice David N. Wecht wrote in a concurring opinion. "Petitioners cannot carry their enormous burden. They have failed to allege that even a single mail-in ballot was fraudulently cast or counted."
Two of the justices agreed with the opinion, but added dissenting voices on the question of whether there may yet be a valid challenge to the use of universal mail-in voting. While that may be, Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor and Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy argued, halting certification at the stage is not the correct remedy.
"Their proposed injunctive remedies will be considered no further," the justices wrote.
Kelly’s attorney declined to comment when reached Saturday.
The congressman has been expressing his concerns about the election outcome on social media. On Nov. 16, he issued a statement saying the way the election was administered "has caused millions of Americans to lose faith in our electoral system."
The court ruling represents thelatest in a series of adverse rulingsfor President Donald Trump and his allies as they have continued to try and challenge the outcome of the 2020 contest in one of the key swing states.
Speaking by phone to a group of Republican lawmakers gathered in Gettysburg on Wednesday, Trump signaled his efforts to find a friendly hearing in the courts.
"We have to turn the election over," Trump said. "All we need is to have some judge listen to it properly without having a political opinion or having another kind of problem."
President-elect Joe Biden won the state of Pennsylvania by over 80,000 votes. Results were certified by Boockvar and signed by Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday.
