Supreme Court Won’t Hear Pennsylvania Ballot Case Before Election
The high court refused to expedite a Republican challenge to a Pennsylvania court order allowing three extra days for accepting absentee ballots mailed by Election Day.
“The court indicated that the justices may issue additional opinions in the case. The Supreme Court could still decide to hear the case after the election, particularly if the outcome depends on Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes.”
ACB didn’t participate in decision.
I haven’t thought this was worth the exercise. The ballots are mailed no later than election day. The Constitution says the vote takes place the first Tues after the first Monday of November, something like that.
If a vote is postmarked by that day, then I don’t see the issue. If it arrives 2 or 3 or 6 days later, so what? The vote was legally cast.
If this is all about fraud this and fraud that and counterfeiting a postmark, well, why not manufacture gazillion votes 5 days earlier than ED and legally mail them. It doesn’t matter if you know just how many to print up, print 100K extra and don’t bother waiting. It’s a federal crime if you print just 1 so you’re going to jail if caught regardless of the number.
Make sure you get all of it: because PA agreed to segregate all ballots received after 11/3.
That’s a BIG condition. It gives the Court longer to examine it AND to get ACB on the case, which if they had ruled today, she wouldn’t be.