On July 28, U.S. District Court Judge Louis Guirola, a Bush Jr. appointee, upheld Mississippi’s law that allows five days for voted absentee ballots to arrive in the elections office. Republican National Committee v Wetzel, s.d., 1:24cv-37. The Libertarian Party of Mississippi had filed a very similar lawsuit, 1:24cv-37, and the two cases had been combined.
The plaintiffs argued that federal law sets the election day and that an “election” is not held until the ballots arrive in the elections office. The judge disagreed. Here is the opinion.
Hopefully the Supreme Court overturns this. Late ballots = fraud.
Nonsense. It depends entirely on what is meant by absentee ballots. UOCAVA ballots that are postmarked prior to election day, are completely valid.
Nuna, you seem like a very interesting person with interests similar to mine. I wish we could talk sometime.
Thank you, Mr Winger, I appreciate that. And despite any disagreements we may have, I want you to know that I greatly appreciate your dedication to Ballot Access News, the sheer amount of time and effort you have so generously invested in it, and your tremendous patience with commenters, including myself, and our (ab)use of free speech. I am deeply grateful to you.
Unfortunately, my positions regarding for example the war in Donbass, the January 6th protests, the Covid pandemic, the George Floyd riots, etc. have made me a paradoxically sought-after persona non grata.
As such, I’m not sure what would be a safe way for us to talk. Of course, I am always more than happy to exchange ideas publicly here on BAN, or on IPR; and if either has integrated any of WordPress’s plug-ins for direct messaging, that might be an option to speak more privately (though WordPress’s security is also notoriously leaky as a sieve).
ABSENTEE BALLOTS = SUBSTITUTE FOR IN PERSON VOTING ON ELECTION DAYS
TOO MANY MORON HACK JUDGES TO COUNT RE BASIC STUFF.
ON TO SCOTUS – DISTURB THEIR SUMMER VACATIONS ASAP
Standing count would fix it.