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In Pennsylvania, Republicans are suing to prevent the use of drop boxes,
Seem like a case of believing their own spin instead of looking at the reality - that many mail-in votes come from sources which tend to lean conservative, and that many actual attempts at election fraud come from the GOP. Yet another case where ignoring reality in favor of GOP propaganda leads to undesirable outcomes (c.f. the US's coronavirus response).Another detail from that article: "This is the first year any Pennsylvania voter can vote by mail, meaning it’s the first time doing so for many voters. That lack of familiarity can lead to mistakes such as forgetting to sign the outside envelope of the mail ballot or forgetting to first place the ballot inside the blank “secrecy envelope” before placing it in the outer mailing envelope."
The Republican win in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is why those military write-in ballots for Trump were discarded in Pennsylvania. Congrats, you played yourself.
The Associated Press reported on that decision, writing that the court's extension of the period in which ballots could be returned was a win for Democrats.
“n wins for Republicans,” the report continued, the court “rejected requests to let voters who aren’t disabled give their mail-in ballot to someone else to deliver; to require counties to let voters fix disqualifying problems with their mail-in ballots, such as not signing their return envelope; and to require counties to count mailed-in ballots that arrive without a secrecy envelope.”
Nice how helpful they are. I have to fill out mine all by myself.My counties Republican Party mailed me a ballot and it was already filled in for me. It had a nice yellow “sign here” stickie where I needed to sign. And they included a stamp on the return envelope. Sounds like they are making it easier to vote, not harder.
Another detail from that article: "This is the first year any Pennsylvania voter can vote by mail, meaning it’s the first time doing so for many voters. That lack of familiarity can lead to mistakes such as forgetting to sign the outside envelope of the mail ballot or forgetting to first place the ballot inside the blank “secrecy envelope” before placing it in the outer mailing envelope."
The Republican win in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is why those military write-in ballots for Trump were discarded in Pennsylvania. Congrats, you played yourself.
The Associated Press reported on that decision, writing that the court's extension of the period in which ballots could be returned was a win for Democrats.
“n wins for Republicans,” the report continued, the court “rejected requests to let voters who aren’t disabled give their mail-in ballot to someone else to deliver; to require counties to let voters fix disqualifying problems with their mail-in ballots, such as not signing their return envelope; and to require counties to count mailed-in ballots that arrive without a secrecy envelope.”
Fat chance of that, unfortunately. The PA House Republicans are all nuts, and they have the majority.The PA Legislature should change the law...
Fat chance of that, unfortunately. The PA House Republicans are all nuts, and they have the majority.
I don't know if this falls precisely under the "making it harder to vote" category, but the GOP in California has been putting out fake ballot collection boxes. California does allow "ballot harvesting," but that still requires a proper chain of custody. You have to put the name of the person you're giving the ballot to and their relationship to you, as well as have them sign the envelope in a specific location. Dropping it off in a random box is not the right way to do it.
https://twitter.com/inminivanhell/status/1315417056351670273
Yup. There's a link in that same Twitter thread to a post about the mayor of Palmdale announcing "official" ballot boxes at churches.WOW! It seems to have the same 'official' sign on it as the one at the Baptist Church in Castaic, which is far from Orange County. This appears to be bigger than one bad apple.
I fail to see how allowing the state more time to count ballots which were postmarked on election day is an invitation to voter fraud.President Trump’s reelection campaign has again asked the Supreme Court to block North Carolina's absentee ballot plan after unsuccessfully attempting to have it struck down through a U.S. federal appeals court.
I fail to see how allowing the state more time to count ballots which were postmarked on election day is an invitation to voter fraud.
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