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Posted on 08/27/2025 7:14:20 AM PDT by Twotone
The Republican National Committee was dealt a blow by a unanimous decision of the Third Circuit Appeals Court in the RNC's effort to discard undated and misdated ballots in Pennsylvania.
The three-judge panel said in the 55-page ruling that the affected ballots needed to be counted and failing to do so was unconstitutional. Pennsylvania voters are required to write the date on the envelope for their mail-in ballots.
"The date requirement imposes a burden on Pennsylvanians' constitutional right to vote," the court ruling reads. "And it culminates in county election boards discarding thousands of ballots each time an election is held. The date requirement will not protect against the vast majority of attempts at voter fraud."
The RNC unsuccessfully sought to discard those thousands of ballots for the 2025 election. The group argued that the number of affected ballots could swing some of the races.
"The date requirement seems to hamper rather than facilitate election efficiency. By its nature, it fails to add solemnity to the process of voting," the court continued. "And discarding thousands of ballots every election is not a reasonable trade-off in view of the date requirement's extremely limited and unlikely capacity to detect and deter fraud."
In November, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered county election officials to preclude non-dated and misdated ballots from their count.
"These eligible voters who got their ballots in on time should have their votes counted and voices heard," Pennsylvania ACLU attorney Steve Loney said at the time. "The fundamental right to vote is among the most precious rights we enjoy as Pennsylvanians, and it should take more than a trivial paperwork error to take it away."
President Donald Trump has said that he intends to focus on ending all mail-in balloting. The U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the appeals court ruling if the case makes it to the highest court of the land.
The three judges of the court were appointed by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Joe Biden.
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3rd circus?
Gotta have the ‘too stupid to fill out a simple form’ vote counted.
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FWIW the date requirement as required by statute is meaningful only because the statute does not recognize postmark date...and irrespective it is the date of receipt (by 2000 hrs Election Day) which really matters.
The courts are really into stealing elections and power from the GOP. Damn Nazis skanks and pigs.
The vote of lazy,greedy,stupid, or uninformed CITIZEN counts the same as that of a well-informed CITIZEN.
“...The date requirement imposes a burden on Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to vote...”
Breathtaking idiocy. And these are “judges”?
The date requirement is on there to make sure someone doesn’t manufacture ballots after election day and send them in a day later. In Pennsylvania, they allow mail-in ballots to come in 5 days AFTER the election. And they are allowed to be counted. INSANE! This is what these filthy pukes call democracy.
Normally, formal events occur on a specific date. Failure to acknowledge or otherwise attend such an event by that date means that you've missed out.
Fail to submit requested documentation before a court matter, and the courts will not see it to be a similar “burden”.
The date requirement imposes a burden on Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to vote,” IF this provision in not constitutional then the entire act 77 is null and void. There is a severability clause in the Act.
Brain dead judges. Can’t even see that the ballots could have been manufactured during the counting process to fix the election.
If any legal documents are dated incorrectly or have no date on them, I am sure judges have a right to question the validity of the filings. But not for voting?
Even the judges are idiots. Need to appeal and make a big stink of it.
Continue the appeals.
In general, The courts do not want to get entangled in elections (even the honest one). Especially in past or nearly incoming elections.
So, it is very important to act proactively.
If you want to change something in 2026 elections, you have to sue NOW.
Republicans erred in the past, as they did nothing and sued after the fraudulent elections. That’s a loosing strategy. Courts either tell you, it is too late, or wait until it is too late! Or just do nothing!
Who are they? Names? Photos? Backgrounds? Locations?
So we're back to the WWII comparisons?
Unanimous is Not anonymous! Out these pompous tinhorns!
Guess I should have used Ghillie suit wearing Aunt Teefuses.
“The date requirement imposes a burden on Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to vote,”
If you are too stupid and too lazy to put a date on a ballot you should not have the right to vote.
My mother’s vote has cancelled mine out since I started voting.
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