Posted on 09/21/2020 5:17:48 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
The highly anticipated ruling, unless overturned, means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin likely will not be known for days after polls close. Under current law, the deadline for returning an absentee ballot to have it counted is 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Democrats and their allies sued to extend the deadline in the key swing state.
U.S. District Judge William Conley granted a large portion of their requests, issuing a preliminary injunction that was expected to be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. He put the ruling on hold for seven days to give the other side a chance to seek an emergency appeal.
President Donald Trump won Wisconsin by fewer than 23,000 votes in 2016. Polls show Democrat Joe Biden with a slight lead, but both sides are expecting another tight race. Biden wrapped up a campaign stop in northeast Wisconsin about an hour before the ruling was released. Trump held a rally in the state last week.
The Republican National Committee, the Wisconsin GOP and Wisconsin’s Republican legislators argued that current absentee voting regulations should be left in place, saying people have plenty of time to obtain ballots and get them back to clerks by Election Day.
The Democratic National Committee, the state Democratic Party and groups including the League of Women Voters and Disability Rights Wisconsin filed a series of lawsuits to make absentee voting and registration easier so people won’t have to go to the polls and risk catching the coronavirus.
Conley, an appointee of former President Barack Obama...
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Does Wisconsin just have absentee voting or do they have blanket mailouts to everyone ever registered?? Absentee ballots have instructions on the return mail deadline.
The closer we get,the less confident I feel. I think the DNC feels very confident they will win handedly because they can produce any amount of votes at any time especially post Nov.4th.
The fix is in.
Now they can keep manufacturing ballots after election day until Biden wins.
That will continue to happen unless these corrupt judges are removes from the bench. They continue to exceed their authority because no one stops them.
Obama judge, hopefully this will be immediately appealed to the 7th circuit, which I believe is made up of mostly Reagan and Trump appointees.
They have the three states that they need to flip.
A lot of the mail I get these days has no postmark on them at all.
I agree!!
The courts can try to change the election laws for other down-ticket races, but the legislatures should step up and pass a bill declaring that all Presidential votes on ballots received after election day will be voided and only down-ticket races will be counted per the court.
-PJ
No matter what the results are, the legitimacy of the election is going to he rejected.
Easy fix, declare election day a federal holiday and shut the post offices down!
At this stage, I think Judicial Watch should sue all of these states.
just a cheerleader on the sidelines?
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is 12 Reps 2 Dems by appointment. This will be reversed.
Have any of the other states appealed?
“The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is 12 Reps 2 Dems by appointment. This will be reversed.”
I hope so.
Tell me again why we have these things called “laws.”
“Based on Bush v. Gore, that’s changing established election law, and according to the Supreme Court, that is prohibited, because it’s the job of the State Legislature to set law.”
Excellent point...hope it matters.
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