The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected one of the main arguments raised by the Trump campaign on observers. The Court found that officials are only required to be in the room not necessarily close to observe details. It deferred to the officials...

...This is a matter of state law and the Court ruled that the legislature did not specify a distance and it would not judicially add one as a matter of interpretation. That is a fairly textual approach that many conservative jurists would find compelling.

As I stated last week, observer and sharpie challenges are not going to do much for challenging these results. The Trump team has to produce systemic problems with authentication or tabulation. In the interim, the GSA needs to "ascertain" this election to allow for a transition.

A second county in Georgia has found a couple thousand of uncounted ballots. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-georgia-elections-voting-machines-voting-018eac6ac24733d63d356ee76f485530 Again, no evidence of intentional fraud but additional examples of human error.

...While we have all noted that recounts generally only change a small number of votes, these two counties involve thousands of uncounted votes. Given the margin, it is still unlikely to change the result, but it shows the value of such recounts for these voters.