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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: PA Supreme Court rules election officials are PROHIBITED from rejecting mail-in ballots... [View all]asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)47. What do you mean...military ballots are ok to be counted after election day..
Their argument...CHAOS IN THE CITY....don'tcha know...sarcasm thingy....be well, we can do this...if only we had a time machine to send them (lying rethugs) back to where they want to be..the middle ages..
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BREAKING: PA Supreme Court rules election officials are PROHIBITED from rejecting mail-in ballots... [View all]
Roland99
Oct 2020
OP
Good. This rejection solely based on unprofessional comparisons of signatures is ridiculous.
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2020
#1
Yep.... and I bet someone with an afro-centric name gets more scrutiny than John Smith
groundloop
Oct 2020
#11
This is Yuge. Not only a great decision but one is a critical state like PA.
Statistical
Oct 2020
#6
They would be taking the risk that the REAL voters would realize they hadn't received a ballot
pnwmom
Oct 2020
#33
Voter envelopes are uniquely tracked. Voters are notified when mailed, when returned.
bucolic_frolic
Oct 2020
#41
Could Trump's lawyers use that to take to the SCOTUS after he loses Pennsylvania?
LiberalLovinLug
Oct 2020
#9
There is so much back story surrounding the PA Republicans efforts to disenfranchise PA voters..
asiliveandbreathe
Oct 2020
#16
What do you mean...military ballots are ok to be counted after election day..
asiliveandbreathe
Oct 2020
#47
The process you describe sounds reasonable. I tried to read the legal stuff in the OP's...
LAS14
Oct 2020
#26
There IS a verification process. The order says that the signature cannot be the reason for a reject
Roland99
Oct 2020
#32
Ruling says officials aren't REQUIRED to reject a ballot SOLELY on the basis of signature mismatch.
klook
Oct 2020
#43
yay. id love to file up with a lawsuit on denying people their basic right to vote .
AllaN01Bear
Oct 2020
#23
Court rulings are SOOO last century. They are like subpeonas, mere suggestions.
not_the_one
Oct 2020
#56