Fight over Philadelphia voting machines may head to court
(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is expected to ask a federal judge to block Philadelphia from using touchscreen machines under an agreement last year with Pennsylvania to settle her lawsuit over vote-counting in 2016's election.
Stein objects to the machines and was scheduled to appear Wednesday at a city Board of Elections meeting before going to Philadelphia's federal courthouse.
Her spokesman isn't saying exactly what she'll do, but election-integrity advocates Protect Our Vote Philly who also object to the machines say she'll challenge the state's certification of the machines.
Gov. Tom Wolf's administration settled Stein's lawsuit in part by affirming a commitment it had made previously to push Pennsylvania's counties to buy new voting systems that leave a verifiable paper trail by 2020's elections.