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(Reuters) – A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania has come out against his colleagues\u2019 \u201cforensic\u201d audit of the 2020 election, becoming the party\u2019s first statewide official to publicly call for an end to the effort and warn of electoral consequences for the party.<\/p>

Voters fill out their ballots on Election Day in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2020. REUTERS\/Rachel Wisniewski<\/figcaption>

In an op-ed on Thursday, state senator Dan Laughlin says that moves to investigate Donald Trump\u2019s loss to President Joe Biden in the state are being made \u201cabsent credible evidence of fraud\u201d and won\u2019t change the outcome, as some voters hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current attempt to discredit the 2020 election results runs headlong into an unmistakable truth,\u201d wrote Laughlin, a centre-right Republican from Erie County. \u201cDonald Trump lost Pennsylvania because Donald Trump received fewer votes.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments mark a rare public rebuke of Republican state senator Doug Mastriano from within his own party. Mastriano has been arguing for a comprehensive \u201cforensic\u201d investigation involving the inspection of voting equipment, modeled on a contentious partisan probe ongoing in Maricopa County, Arizona.<\/p>\n

Mastriano, who has been a leading promoter of Trump\u2019s baseless stolen-election claims, launched the investigation earlier this month with requests to Tioga, Philadelphia and York counties for access to their voting machines.<\/p>\n

Tioga and York have indicated they will not comply after the state\u2019s top election official said she would decertify their voting equipment, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Philadelphia is also expected to reject Mastriano\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania has already conducted a so-called risk-limiting audit of the 2020 election, and all counties audited a sample of their votes. Neither effort turned up widespread fraud to put in question Trump\u2019s loss to Biden in the state by 81,000 votes.<\/p>\n

Mastriano, who is seen as a potential contender for governor in 2022, has said he would issue subpoenas to the counties, a move they will likely challenge in court. Mastriano did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Laughlin, who is also eyeing a run for governor, said an effort to \u201crummage through already counted ballots while employing statistical tricks\u201d in search of fraud would only help Democrats raise money and harm his party in upcoming elections.<\/p>\n

Laughlin pointed to the fact that Republicans generally did well in Pennsylvania in 2020, capturing the posts of state treasurer and auditor general for the first time in decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not a sign of a stolen election,\u201d he wrote, urging his fellow lawmakers to focus instead on issues important to his party including lower taxes and economic growth.<\/p>\n

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