Pennsylvania Senator Prepares to Issue Subpoenas After Three Counties Reject Audit Requests

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Pennsylvania senator is preparing to ask a panel he chairs for the authority to issue subpoenas to compel counties to cooperate with his effort to investigate the 2020 election.

โ€œWeโ€™re eagerly awaiting my committee coming together when I can get a quorum, get everyoneโ€™s calendars matched upโ€”it is summertime. As soon as I get a quorum, we will have a meeting, we will vote on subpoenas, and let the fun begin,โ€ Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano, a Republican who chairs the state Senateโ€™s Intergovernmental Operations Committee, said on One America News this week.

Mastriano initiated a forensic probe of the 2020 and 2021 elections in early July by sending requests for materials like ballots and asking for access to machines, to Tioga, York, and Philadelphia counties.

But officials in all three counties are refusing to comply voluntarily, setting up the need for subpoenas.

Mastriano set a deadline of July 31 in his letters to the counties.

York County commissioners indicated in mid-July that they would not send materials to Mastriano, or give him access to voting machines. Tioga County officials said Thursday they wouldnโ€™t let Mastrianoโ€™s panel access machines unless the state Senate authorized funding for new machines. And Philadelphia City Commissioners on Friday voted against voluntary participation in the audit.

โ€œPhiladelphia Countyโ€™s participation in your proposed analysis would be duplicative of extensive efforts already undertaken by the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, the Pennsylvania Department of State, state and federal courts, and your colleagues in the Pennsylvania State Senate. Participation could also impair our ability to operate fair and secure elections in Philadelphia,โ€ Lisa Deeley, a Democrat commissioner, wrote in a July 30 letter to Mastriano.

Previous election reviews have shown no issues with the 2020 election, Deeley noted.

Commissioner Omar Sabir, the only Republican commissioner, joined the two Democrats in rejecting the request.

BYย ZACHARY STIEBER

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