Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Monday said that he agreed to present oral arguments before the Supreme Court in a key election-related case — should the high court take the matter up — because the matter “raises very serious issues,” according to a recent interview on “Hannity.”
The case brought by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Pennsylvania GOP congressional candidate Sean Parnell, alleges that a 2019 state law allowing no-excuse mail-in voting is unconstitutional. If the court agrees, according to KDKA, Kelly and Parnell said most of the commonwealth’s mail-in votes in this past presidential election could be thrown out.
Nearly 30 Republican members of the state legislature have signed a document in amicus with Kelly and Parnell’s case.
FAST FACTS
- Cruz noted that the U.S. Supreme Court feels the “urgency” of the moment, given the upcoming “safe harbor” deadline for selecting electors.
- The plaintiffs argue that the state does not have grounds to allow non-absentee vote-by-mail without a constitutional amendment.
“It raises pure issues of law, and I believe the Supreme Court should choose to take the case,” Cruz told host Sean Hannity. “I think they should hear the appeal.”
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