Pennsylvania group wants 2.5 million ‘unconstitutional’ mail-in ballots thrown out to help Trump
Ted Cruz says he will present the Pennsylvania election mail-in ballot lawsuit if the Supreme Court decides to hear it.
The senator from Texas will front Congressman Mike Kelly’s attempt to overturn the election for Donald Trump if the country’s top court choses to take it.
Mr Kelly wants the Supreme Court to throw out more than 2.5 million mail-in votes cast in the 3 November election.
If those votes were declared unconstitutional it could give Mr Trump a victory in Pennsylvania, which Joe Biden won by 80,000 votes.
But it would still leave Mr Biden with more than the 270 electoral votes he needed to take the White House.
The president-elect has a projected 306 electoral votes to Mr Trump’s 232.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has already thrown out the case and the US Supreme Court would need to take, hear and rule on the case by 14 December to uphold the state’s 20 electoral votes for Mr Biden.
“Because of the importance of the legal issues presented, I've publicly urged SCOTUS to hear the case brought by Congressman Mike Kelly, congressional candidate Sean Parnell & state rep candidate Wanda Logan challenging the constitutionality of the POTUS election results in PA,” tweeted Mr Cruz.