Posted on 03/28/2024 2:25:22 AM PDT by CFW
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Pennsylvania may enforce state law requiring envelopes for mail-in ballots to be dated and include the voter's signature.
In Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman, the plaintiff sued the then-acting secretary of the commonwealth in 2022 regarding Pennsylvania’s decision to void mail-in ballots that are either missing a date on the outer return envelopes or have an incorrect date.
Pennsylvania counties were ordered by a lower court following a Republican lawsuit in 2022 to reject undated or incorrectly dated mail-in ballots. The issue was then appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The NAACP argued that the mail-in ballots are valid – regardless of the incorrect or missing date – and should be counted.
In the November 2022 election, 10,000 mail-in ballots weren't accepted because they had incorrect or missing dates.
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the circuit court ruled that the state law be enforced.
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and this ruling will be enforced by an agency acting under the authority of The Executive Branch of The United States of America.
Another law the Bidenesque power-crazies can ignore.
We need to go back to one day, in person voting using mechanical lever voting machines. No electronics, cannot be hacked, and instant vote tally. This is not too hard to fix.
Headline says “must;” first paragraph says “may.” Big difference, which is it?
I wonder how the NAACP would feel about Form 4473 without a signature or correct date?
“May” is the relevant word, not shall or will.
Just like 2016 and 2020, the courts may act but it will be after the fact.
The demonrats may follow the law, or not…
Credit card companies no longer utilize signature verification for transactions.
I totally agree with you. After the 2000 election fiasco people started pushing for electronic voting. I warned against it because I’ve been flipping bits for decades and know how easy it is. I was laughed at by some with no technical knowledge at all.
LOL! Good question!
I can’t believe the Court of Appeals had to tell Pennsylvania that mail in ballots require voter signatures and dates.
Take it up to the Supreme Court. I dare you:-)
Big difference.
My thoughts exactly as I read it. May does not appear to me to be a strict enforceable action, more like a choice to follow the law.
“The NAACP argued that the mail-in ballots are valid – regardless of the incorrect or missing date – and should be counted.”
They are always on the side of fraud.
Just another court ruling for the Democrats to ignore.
The Ends Justify The Means for some...
“Jeeze, a morsel of sense has crawled it’s way back into the American govt?”
Don’t get too optimistic, since we’re about the ONLY COUNTRY in the First World that even allows lawsuits intended to enhance voter fraud.
I generally agree, but the votes should be cast on paper by marking your candidate with an X, and should be counted by hand. I’m serious. Any significant fraud on a county, state, or federal level would have to involve too many people to be effective. The results from each precinct should then be published on a publicly available website for everyone to see, and validated by the counters in each precinct. Additionally, everyone who votes should have their finger dipped in indelible purple ink that takes a week to wear off.
I was a computer programmer for 40 years. No programmer worth his salt thinks electronic voting can be made secure.
What a novel idea for the ballots to have to be dated and SIGNED....shouldn’t have needed a court to say so!!
Agree!
Yes, somehow it worked for decades. I truly believe Obama’s reelection was a steal, too.
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