Counting votes is different than Voting. An Election is the voting process. That must occur on 1st Tuesday of November per constitution. Therefor all late ballots are null and void because the votes did not arrive by specified Tuesday.
That’s correct, and that’s exactly what this case (& the 9th Circuit case) stated.
Close. Some states require the ballot must arrive on or before election day. But many states allow for counting absentee ballots received AFTER election day, so long as they are postmarked by election day. In those states, the vote is effectively cast when the ballot is mailed.
It is the last minute changes, changing the deadlines and allowing ballots to be counted that were not legal under state law that is the problem. Those votes are not legal under state law, but authorized by decree of judges and governors who exceeded their authority. In some cases, it is no longer possible to differentiate between a legitimate ballot vs an illegitimate/late/spoiled ballot, as the envelopes have been discarded. This reduces the options for relief/remedy.