Ballots can’t be tossed out over voter signature, Pa. Supreme Court says

AP via WPXI ^ | October 23, 2020 | Marc Levy

[Vermont Lt]

I voted early the other day. It was merely filling out an absentee ballot at a polling place.

As I turned it in, I asked the old guy if he had to check my signature. He told me if I had gotten through to him (He was the 3rd poll worker to verify me), as long as it was signed we were fine.

The mail in ones were checked. He did not want that tedious job.

At least someone had checked. I felt it was safe and well done.

[Buckeye McFrog]

In PA the mail ballots do get counted on Election Day.

Basically they are the old Absentee Ballots. Last year they changed the law so that you could request one for any reason. You did not have to be in the hospital or working outside the country or anything.

They get delivered to your local polling place and counted along with the machine totals when they close for the night.

Actually PA’s system in that regard is better than most.

[Hostage]

She will be confirmed Monday Oct 26 leaving 8 days before election day.

It should be enough time unless Roberts decides there’s not enough time.

However, a SCOTUS panel can stay the lower court ruliog pending a SCOTUS hearing.

Question: Can ACB stay the lower court ruling herself? Or any single Justice? Must a stay be issued by a panel of say at least 3 Justices?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Historically SCOTUS has taken such a case if at least a couple of justices feel strongly about it.

There will be five who feel strongly about it.

[VastRWCon]

“They get delivered to your local polling place and counted along with the machine totals when they close for the night.”

Problem I have is did the voter VBM and IPEV or do they just count them without checking for already voted?

[Hostage]

Thank you.

Can a panel of say 1 to 3 SCOTUS Justices stay the lower court ruling?

Just so everyone knows, a ‘court stay’ means the lower court ruling is suspended pending a review. In this case, a SCOTUS panel could stay the lower court ruling until they have time to convene and hold a hearing.

Ii imagine a full court could stay the ruling before a hearing is held just by the clerks acting and issuing a signed order of their Justice. All that would be needed is for enough Justices to agree to hear the case.

[CFW]

Looks like the cheating is going through Pennsylvania. We are just going to have to win big in other states to make up the difference.

[itsahoot]

the signature of when they were alive doesn’t match the signature of when they’re dead.

It won't match as you get older either.

[Vermont Lt]

In MA mail in ballots are opened and checked in AFTER the polls close. If you walked in and voted your “mail in” gets tossed.

Early votes are opened and processed during the Election Day at the polls.

We’ve been doing early voting for a couple of cycles. I love it.

[Flick Lives]

Last sentence was left off from the article, which is critical, before everyone has a meltdown...

“In her court filing, Boockvar had said that any such rejections pose “a grave risk of disenfranchisement on an arbitrary and wholly subjective basis,” and without any opportunity for a voter to verify their signature before their ballot is disqualified.”

[JudgemAll]

Then why have a signature at all?

Only when it favors the judge to send someone he does not like away

[Buckeye McFrog]

They’re supposed to check, but you and I know there are many places where someone {ahem} forgets to do it.

[JudgemAll]

Disenfranchisement, aka riskless society claptrap promise....

This judge is out of line as all these rhetorics are. He would not lift a finger to make sure an old lady can cross the street absolutely safely to come in person to vote on voting day.

Absolute bull sht.

[shanover]

Considering which party will be counting the ballots, probably not a bad thing..

Very good point. Sometimes I get emotional and do not read further into an issue. I believe the GOP still has recourse. Let the left get smug and arrogant and we can beat them at their game.

[Vaduz]

Ballots can’t be tossed out over voter signature
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[Trumpisourlastchance]

This is insanity.

[ronnie raygun]

X is good

[zeugma]

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.

Well, I've heard tell that your signature does change quite a bit after you've died./s

[bravo whiskey]

This came up a few years back when I was working as an election computer judge in Colorado. For example if I usually sign my name A S Johnson but on my ballot I sign it Albert S Johnston will it be thrown out? Turns out, at least in my county, they have multiple signatures on file. I think I have 5 in the system. Ofc the handwriting needs to look similar too.

[SunkenCiv]

I'm really looking forward to helping flip Michigan to "R" -- Trump/Pence and John James.

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