Posted on 10/08/2020 12:22:08 PM PDT by knighthawk
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a decision to extend the deadline for counting absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin, in a win for Republicans who have fought attempts to expand voting across the country.
If the ruling stands, absentee ballots will have to be delivered to Wisconsin election clerks by 8 p.m. on Election Day if they are to be counted. Results of the presidential race in the pivotal swing state would be known within hours of polls closing.
Democrats almost certainly will appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“Problem for the dems is that a 4 to 4 vote in the SCOTUS leaves the lower court ruling intact”
AND Amy Coney Barrett will have been appointed as the ninth SCOTUS judge before Nov. 3rd ...
“yes and honestly I do not see SCOTUS ruling for this den of thieves scheme for pandemic-age voting”
earlier this week, SCOTUS ruled 8-0 against circuit judges issuing rulings that arbitrarily and unilaterally rewrite election rules from the bench based on COVID ... Kavanaugh even added a note telling them not to do that ...
the Dems are batting almost zero on all of these court cases so far ...
He can replace her if she dies in the second term.
Until one ACB gets CONFIRMED to sit as a Justice.
Amen!
Unless they choose to count only Democrat votes first and run out of time counting Republican votes. Democrat know all the dirty tricks to play.
I surmise that the Supreme Court will coalesce around that principle and prohibit late in the game changes to election law and procedure. The result may be a relatively brief and unanimous opinion to that effect from the Court.
WINNING! I can’t stand too much more.
“Going by the 2000 Supreme Court decision, only state legislatures can make election laws, not some crazy far let judges using coronavirus as an excuse to steal elections.”
Yep, and that is pretty much directly specified in the Constitution, there is no “wiggle room” there.
NOT so sure that results will come in quickly.
IF mail in ballots cannot be counted BEFORE 8 PM, then those ballots have to be run thru old style machines by hand-—even if they are already open & checked for signatures by 8 PM.
Since we have been doing electronic voting for years, where will all those old style machines come from???
Never underestimate what the Democrats can do to invalidate mail-in ballots. They do it all the time. But we will see what transpires. 8>)
Because it was rightly decided, one would hope.
I believe (and hope) that you are correct. If so, we will have even greater cause to be thankful for the torrent of conservative federal judicial appointments from Trump and the rapid pace of confirmations by Mitch McConnell’s Senate.
Is there a mechanism to verify the accuracy of your absentee ballot and if its counted at all? Ive googled this and dont really see anything.
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