Appeals Court Blocks Grace Period for Mailed Ballots
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An appeals court has sided with Republicans, blocking Mississippi’s grace period for mailed ballots that arrive after election day. This is the opposite of a ruling in Nevada. Please post your prayers in the comments.
From NPR. A conservative U.S. appeals court has sided with Republicans in ruling against a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after it.
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The ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals — which covers Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas — is not in effect immediately, and the judges sent the issue back to a lower court for further consideration. The decision is likely to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In its ruling Friday, a panel of all Trump-appointed 5th Circuit judges reversed a lower court ruling and wrote that the acceptance of ballots ends on the “election day” designated by Congress.
“Text, precedent, and historical practice confirm this ‘day for the election’ is the day by which ballots must be both cast by voters and received by state officials,” the court wrote. “Because Mississippi’s statute allows ballot receipt up to five days after the federal election day, it is preempted by federal law.” …
The GOP argument against ballot grace periods
The Republican National Committee, along with the Trump campaign, has filed multiple lawsuits in various states ahead of this year’s general election aiming to disqualify ballots that arrive after Election Day.
Roughly 20 states plus Washington, D.C., accept and count mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day. (Many states require that those ballots be postmarked on or before Election Day.) …
The GOP has argued, however, that states don’t have the right to decide when to stop accepting ballots. …
Republicans also argued in their lawsuit that mail voting disproportionately hurts them because “voting by mail is starkly polarized by party.” …
This legal challenge in Mississippi is part of a larger effort from the GOP, including in the swing state of Nevada, aimed at invalidating certain mail ballots.
Democrats say the GOP cases don’t reflect “modern reality”
Democrats have called these particularly legal challenges “fringe lawsuits” that are aimed at sowing distrust in elections.
Joyce Vance, a professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, said the lawsuits are part of an effort by the GOP to “make it more difficult for some kinds of Americans” to cast a ballot. …
Vance said removing grace periods for mail ballots disproportionately affects members of the military and their families — particularly those who live overseas — as well as people with disabilities or an illness. …
What do you think of this decision? Share your thoughts and prayers in the comments.
(Excerpt from NPR. Photo Credit: Janine Robinson on Unsplash)
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That is a recipe for Fraud and we must pray against that spirit of Satan!
It is the correct answer from the Supreme Court.
DEAR LORD
I ASK THAT YOU ALLOW OUR ELECTIONS TO GO ON WITHOUT ANY CHEATING AT ALL.
I ASK IN JESUS’ NAME
AMEN
Joyce you are wrong the only group that that would be affected are the democrats because it takes away one of their avenues for cheating that they have been using for years. They have laughed at how easy it is for them to justify their cheating. But it is obvious to me that you are with them as for me I trust in God.
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This seems to be a mixed bag, so to speak, because as Marilyn points out in her comment below, their ability to return their ballots by mail on time depended on when they received the ballots and the reliability of the postal services – neither of which was under their control. And Susan’s point is also legit, in that delays do open the process to fraud. Oh, for the wisdom of Solomon upon those entrusted with our elections, and a revival of integrity and honesty in our nation!!
It’s Election Day , not election week or election month. Delays open the process up to fraud. Early voting and mail in ballots for military should allow enough time to vote by Election Day and no exceptions after that. Just like there’s a carved in stone deadlines for filing taxes.Special efforts could be made for expats to receive their ballots early and post via overnight express rather than snail mail. It’s that important.
I live overseas and many times our ballots have not been counted because they arrived after the election. We have to wait until we actually receive the ballot before we can vote and then we have to mail it back. The post office here says two weeks but we have seen other lettrs and mail take a month or more. We do try but are sure that in the past our vote was not counted many times.
I had to send my UK postal vote express mail and recorded delivery for extra security – and I travelled to Northern Ireland to post it to ensure it arrived by polling day because it took so long to arrive in Ireland.
I heard that the 2016 vote for Pres Trump was so large that it broke through the algorithm and stopped those Dominion machines flipping the votes to H Clinton. If God decided who would win despite the fraud, He can and will do it again if we petition Him in prayer. And in the meantime, people have had an object lesson in the effects of Marxism on the country, so I do pray in Jesus mighty name this “experiment” won’t need to be repeated and that people will vote along Biblical lines. Amen.