Posted on 10/30/2020 2:32:35 PM PDT by rxsid
8th Circuit Overrules Minnesota Supreme Court — State must reject all absentee ballots received after 8 pm on Election Day
BREAKING: The 8th Circuit appeals court is forcing Minnesota to reject all absentee ballots received after 8 pm on Election Day.— Kambree (@KamVTV) October 29, 2020
The US Circuit #CourtofAppeals for the #EighthCircuit has ruled that mailed-in ballots in #Minnesota must be received by elections officials no later than #ElectionDay. It's the latest last-minute judicial #ballot ruling impacting a #battleground state pic.twitter.com/AKmK6KJ99F— Tina Kim (@TinaKimCNN) October 30, 2020
Not a chance the SC will overrule and allow late ballots, ESPECIALLY now that ACB is sitting. She said there’s no reason to recuse.....although Ds baseless speculation that she’s made a deal the DjT.
If the state supreme court is ruling based upon the laws of the state, then the supreme court must side with the state courts.
She recused herself from the PA ruling citing unfamiliarity (too new?).
ACB recused herself from the NC case because she had just joined the court and was getting her footing.
I wonder if they’ll take it to the Supreme Court
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is only true for state and local elections. States cannot change the age requirement for federal elections.
Only appeal left is to SCOTUS.
This is going to end up at Scotus and I don’t see how different states can allow votes to be counted under rules given the equal protection clause .
Each state has different laws. Some states do allow ballots postmarked by election day to be counted. Apparently, Minnesota does not and that is why the 8th circuit slapped them down.
It’s astounding, as if the election date has snuck up on voters.
If your life is so disorganized you can’t mail a ballot on time, you shouldn’t be voting!
Well, no one else on this thread has said so so far, but that was pretty funny. .:)
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Senile Joe shouts pure gibberish today
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That was before ACB. This case will probably include her vote.
“If the state supreme court is ruling based upon the laws of the state, then the supreme court must side with the state courts.”
Yes and no. The Constitution gives sole authority for determining the “Time, Manner and Place” for federal elections to the state legislature. So if state law gave that responsibility to some other government official, it could be constitutional under their state constitution, but unconstitutional under the Federal constitution, and due to the Supremacy clause, the Federal constitution would prevail.
Enforces? Who even checks to see whether they are doing as the 8th Circuit ordered? (checking to see what comes in the mail after the 8 pm deadline and/or the postmarks etc.)
Was NC a 4-4 vote or a 5-3?
Send in the National Guard.
The reason she recused herself is, the arguments and part of the deliberation were made before her appointment.
The Minnesota issue will be new to SCOTUS and she will be fully qualified to hear the case along with the other justices.
“She recused herself from the PA ruling citing unfamiliarity (too new?).”
No, the motion had already been briefed before she was seated, so she did not participate in that decision. But that was not a decision on the merits, merely whether or not to expedite the case. The case is still before SCOTUS, and may be resolved after the election. In the interim, PA has ordered that all ballots arriving after the statutory deadline must be segregated, marked as arriving late, and not counted until the case is resolved. ACB will be able to participate in deciding the case.
If state law says ballots must be received by 8:00 pm on election day to count, then any judicial demand otherwise is illegitimate. If those ballots are counted, then the election loses whatever legitimacy it might have had. In that case, I expect this to get far uglier than even what the far left is threatening.
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