The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it more difficult to challenge election results – but Republican state Rep. Dawn Keefer tells The Federalist “it’s not going anywhere in” the state’s Republican-dominated state Senate. Asked whether the Pennsylvania Senate is likely to pass the bill, state Sen. Majority Leader Joe Pittman’s office did not respond to The Federalist’s request for comment.
Keefer said she “was one of the few that actually challenged” HB 2473 in the House.
The bill passed the state House on July 9 by a margin of 105 to 97, with the support of mostly Democrats and a few Republicans. The bill would limit the window to resolve disputes over election outcomes, with proponents claiming it would keep the certification process in line with federal law.
The Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) of 2022 requires that states certify and submit elector slates for the presidential election by Dec. 11, according to the leftist outlet Votebeat. The bill’s requirements would make Pennsylvania’s deadline for contesting the results Dec. 10 this year.
If there are any delays in certifying by the deadline, HB 2473 requires the Pennsylvania secretary to notify state legislators “no later than seven days before” Dec. 10.
Keefer said she was told that if states fail to meet the federal deadline, they risk losing their slates of electors.
“They said the intent [of the federal deadline] is they want to make sure that all the counties and the secretary of states are
