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48 hours in advance. Then the votes are counted<br />

on election day.<br />

51. By removing the ballots for examination<br />

prior to seven o’clock a.m. on election day, Secretary<br />

Boockvar created a system whereby local officials<br />

could review ballots without the proper<br />

announcements, observation, and security. This<br />

entire scheme, which was only followed in Democrat<br />

majority counties, was blatantly illegal in that it<br />

permitted the illegal removal of ballots from their<br />

locked containers prematurely.<br />

52. Statewide election officials and local<br />

election officials in Philadelphia and Allegheny<br />

Counties, aware of the historical Democrat advantage<br />

in those counties, violated Pennsylvania’s election<br />

code and adopted the differential standards favoring<br />

voters in Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties with<br />

the intent to favor former Vice President Biden. See<br />

Verified Complaint (Doc. No. 1), Donald J. Trump for<br />

President, Inc. v. Boockvar, 4:20-cv-02078-MWB (M.D.<br />

Pa. Nov. 18, 2020) at 3-6, 9, 11, 100-143.<br />

53. Absentee and mail-in ballots in<br />

Pennsylvania were thus evaluated under an illegal<br />

standard regarding signature verification. It is now<br />

impossible to determine which ballots were properly<br />

cast and which ballots were not.<br />

54. The changed process allowing the curing<br />

of absentee and mail-in ballots in Allegheny and<br />

Philadelphia counties is a separate basis resulting in<br />

an unknown number of ballots being treated in an<br />

unconstitutional manner inconsistent with<br />

Pennsylvania statute. Id.<br />

55. In addition, a great number of ballots<br />

were received after the statutory deadline and yet

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