Democrat submits papers in residency dispute with Senate GOP
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The ball is in the court of the Pennsylvania Senate's Republican majority after lawyers for a newly elected Democrat submitted documents they say should address any concerns that she doesn't meet residency requirements to serve in the chamber.
Republicans are threatening to bar Democrat Lindsey Williams from taking her seat in the chamber, a move that could force a special election in the spring and give Republicans another shot at keeping the Pittsburgh-area seat that Williams won narrowly in the Nov. 6 election.
The showdown is raising accusations by Williams' allies that Republicans are trying to steal the election, while Republicans insist they are trying to do the right thing under the state constitution.
Williams' lawyers submitted the package late Monday to Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson.
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