PRINTER'S NO. 16
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
8
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, BERNSTINE, COX, GREINER, HAMM, JAMES,
KEEFER, METCALFE, MILLARD, PUSKARIC, RAPP, ROWE, RYAN AND
ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 11, 2021
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Declaring, in response to significant activities contravening
the Pennsylvania Election Code, that the November 3, 2020,
Pennsylvania General Election to appoint electors of
President and Vice President was unlawful, void ab initio and
invalid, and that the Commonwealth has failed to appoint
electors of President and Vice President on the day
prescribed by law and exercising the plenary power of the
General Assembly, under the Constitution of the United
States, to appoint electors of President and Vice President.
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Constitution
of the United States empowers state legislatures, including the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to direct
the manner of appointing electors of President and Vice
President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The authority to conduct elections is further
prescribed in Article VII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania;
and
WHEREAS, Section 5 of Article I of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania states "Elections shall be free and equal"; and
WHEREAS, Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania states "All laws regulating the holding of
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