U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly and other Republicans are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to do what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court wouldn't — rule Act 77, the state law allowing all residents to vote by mail-in ballot, unconstitutional.

Kelly, R-16th, Sean Parnell, a GOP candidate for the 17th District, and six other Republicans filed a writ of certiorari Friday asking the nation's highest court to hear their argument that Act 77 and its “no excuse needed” rule for residents to vote by mail.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Kelly and the other Republicans to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election. Democrat Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the presidential election.

“Despite media headlines, our lawsuit is still alive. Last night we filed a writ of Certiorari with the United States Supreme Court asking them to hear our argument on the constitutionality of Act 77's mail-in voting scheme,” Kelly said in a statement released Friday.

Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Bookvar are named as respondents in the suit.

“I have no doubt President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021,” said Catherine Lalonde, chairwoman of the Butler County Democratic Committee in a news release Wednesday.

Read more in Monday's Butler Eagle