Aren’t they required by law to keep the envelopes? https://twitter.com/davidchapman141/status/1326593526868668417?s=20

Are they....are THEY SERIOUSLY trying to argue that since they DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE about when the ballots arrived, all the ballots must be counted?

Because that’s not how it works and the Supreme Court stands ready to prove this to PA election officials.

“You can’t prove when any of these ballots arrived. You can’t prove a single ballot came after the legal deadline BECAUSE WE DESTROYED THE ENVELOPES THEY CAME IN!” is gonna be one hell of an argument in federal court.

There may have to be a re-vote now.

And someone linked the federal statute in the comments.

They were indeed required by federal law to keep the envelopes for 22 months.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20701&num=0&edition=prelim

Note the penalty at the bottom. THATS PER FEDERAL RECORD DESTROYED.

So if a US Attorney convenes a grand jury and after investigating finds you deliberately destroyed THOUSANDS of federal election records you were bound by law to preserve, you need a VERY GOOD LAWYER.