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Pennsylvania state judge sides with GOP, halting election certification

Members of the Allegheny County Return Board process the remaining absentee and mail-in Allegheny County ballots, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, on the North Side in Pittsburgh. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) ** FILE **

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A state court in Pennsylvania sided with Republicans Wednesday in their attempts to stop the state’s election results from being certified.

In this Sept. 29, 2013 file photo, a Pakistani man carrying a child rushes away from the site of a blast shortly after a car bomb exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan. Terror attacks in Pakistan plummeted by more than 85% over the last decade. It's a welcome statistic for the country, but one that risks being overshadowed by international concern over its efforts to curb terror funding and lingering militant activity that could test any future peace agreement in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)

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