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Ballots can’t be tossed out over voter signature, Pa. Supreme Court says
AP via WPXI ^ | October 23, 2020 | Marc Levy

Posted on 10/23/2020 11:26:43 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday on a key concern surrounding an avalanche of mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state, prohibiting counties from rejecting ballots because the voter’s signature on it may not resemble their signature on their registration form.

Two Republican justices joined five Democratic justices in the decision.

The verdict was a victory for the state’s top election official, Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat who had asked the court to back her up in a legal dispute with President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican lawmakers.

“County boards of elections are prohibited from rejecting absentee or mail-in ballots based on signature comparison conducted by county election officials or employees, or as the result of third-party challenges based on signature analysis and comparisons,” the justices wrote.

Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a battle to win Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes.

(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2020election; ballots; electionfraud; paping; pennsylvania; philadelphia; signatures; voterfraud; votersignatures
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1 posted on 10/23/2020 11:26:43 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Why don’t they just ####ing claim biden as the winner and send the EVs in now?


2 posted on 10/23/2020 11:28:10 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

ACB will put the kaibosh on this once she is seated.
Riots to follow.


3 posted on 10/23/2020 11:29:58 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...prohibiting counties from rejecting ballots because the voter’s signature on it may not resemble their signature on their registration form.
Considering which party will be counting the ballots, probably not a bad thing..

4 posted on 10/23/2020 11:31:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Why not count used McDonald’s hamburger bags as legal ballots?

They are just as verifiable.

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5 posted on 10/23/2020 11:32:05 AM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Could the cheating be MORE in your face corrupt?


6 posted on 10/23/2020 11:33:43 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Buckeye McFrog

God I hope you’re right.

It seems that they are taking these pressing cases regarding the elections.

She will join the bench immediately upon the vote?

Again, I know nothing about the process :)

And there’s still enough time to get it before the SC right?


7 posted on 10/23/2020 11:33:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Openly corrupt judges!


8 posted on 10/23/2020 11:34:10 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sure.

One of the very few requirements of absentee/mail-in ballots, the signature should match the signature on file.

Guess they need to revisit that rule because of all the dead voters being disenfranchised because the signature of when they were alive doesn’t match the signature of when they’re dead.

Voter ID wouldn’t work with them either, cuz the decomposition process would make them look different from their voter ID photo.


9 posted on 10/23/2020 11:34:42 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Two Republican justices joined five Democratic justices in the decision.

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Another cave by Republicans. Situation normal.


10 posted on 10/23/2020 11:35:00 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: dp0622

On this issue, I am bi-furcated. Because I never remember if I signed my middle initial in upper case or lower case when registering to vote.


11 posted on 10/23/2020 11:35:05 AM PDT by entropy12
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To: dp0622

Best comment I’ve read all day.


12 posted on 10/23/2020 11:35:15 AM PDT by Kratos
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To: dp0622
I don't think she can rule on any cases already heard but not adjudicated.

She can hear new cases argued after she is seated unless she recuses herself.

13 posted on 10/23/2020 11:36:44 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Buckeye McFrog

That will work is Roberts convenes SCOTUS to hear it.

Even is an emergency SCOTUS hearing is heard, there is no way to reverse vote ballots once they’ve been counted.

Question: When amail-in ballot is received, when is it counted? Election day? I think so.

ACB is confirmed Monday Oct 26. SCOTUS would have 8 days to hear this case and stop the theft of the election.

We also need reform badly and one area is that voters must be required to register yearly between 90 days and 30 days before election. Otherwise, the voter rolls can be packed with voters that are no longer in the state or who are dead.

Our election system is an embarrassment.


14 posted on 10/23/2020 11:37:37 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

This is just stupid. Anyone can sign a ballot using anyone else’s name and there is no route for challenge?


15 posted on 10/23/2020 11:38:12 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

Gotcha. That makes sense.

There is NO reason for her to excuse herself from election cases once she is seated and can hear the arguments.

Dems will faint.

This PA crap needs to be straightened out.


16 posted on 10/23/2020 11:38:33 AM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

You might have missed it but the Trump Campaign took a PA case to SCOTUS last week.

They deadlocked 4-4 because Turncoat Roberts sold us out again.

If Amy stands her ground that will be reversed.
Get ready for four more years of “Selected, Not Elected”.


17 posted on 10/23/2020 11:39:44 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: MCSETots

The post-senior demographic has just been polled—they support this decision 100%!


18 posted on 10/23/2020 11:39:56 AM PDT by cgbg (Biden n-2020: Criminal enterprise using cokehead as bagman.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I didn't track down the official decision, but I have to ask "What does Pennsylvania law state on the power of election officials to analyze signatures?"

Are the judges saying that the law doesn't allow it so don't do it? Or are they just making it up? Or are they even overruling a law which states that election officials must verify signatures? The article was worthless on checking for any of those.

19 posted on 10/23/2020 11:40:05 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So, the new “objective” standard is if signatures don’t match and the vote is for Trump, it gets discarded.


20 posted on 10/23/2020 11:40:45 AM PDT by wiley (John 16:33: "In the world you have tribulation, but take courage ; I have overcome the world.")
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