An appeals court says 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots don't count

[excalibur]

No one is afraid of legal votes and voters. These ballots have just been ruled illegal. Period.

Seriously, if you are allegedly competent to vote but can't bother dating the ballot, well, yeah, problem.

 

[Billiejeens]

A huge victory for ballot integrity. Let's see what happens on any appeal to SCOTUS.

A federal appeals panel has set up a potential U.S. Supreme Court battle about Pennsylvania's mail-in ballots that could play a role in determining who wins this year's presidential election and other races in the key swing state.

Mailed ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters or with incorrect dates should not be counted, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. Their 2-1 decision strikes down a lower court ruling.

The main legal issue surrounding what are often called "undated ballots" is whether not tallying them violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says a person's right to vote cannot be denied for "an error or omission" that is "not material" in determining voting eligibility.

A current, handwritten date on the return envelope is required by Pennsylvania state law, but that date is not used to confirm if a person is eligible to vote. For past elections, the final vote tallies by county election officials have included ballots arriving in undated or misdated return envelopes.

In the panel's majority opinion, 3rd U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro said that what's known in legal circles as the materiality provision "only applies when the State is determining who may vote."

"In other words, its role stops at the door of the voting place," wrote Ambro, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, who was joined by Circuit Judge Cindy Chung, a Biden appointee. "The Provision does not apply to rules, like the date requirement, that govern how a qualified voter must cast his ballot for it to be counted."

Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz, an Obama appointee, dissented and wrote in a separate opinion that the provision "is not limited to that narrow group of documents" used to register to vote, as attorneys for the Republican National Committee argued in this case.

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Well that's racist.

 

[Billiejeens]

What Biden disaster is Trump gonna fix? What are the Biden's disasters????

All is well
Go back to sleep

 

[Billiejeens]

Seriously, if you are allegedly competent to vote but can't bother dating the ballot, well, yeah, problem.

Blacks are on Colored People Time.
It could be any date.

 

[WEATHER53]

Well that's racist.

Ethical functioning is racist because so many won’t do it

 

[Care4all]

Seems like a common sense ruling. Ballots not filled out properly shouldn’t be counted. This should not be controversial on the least

Really?

The main legal issue surrounding what are often called "undated ballots" is whether not tallying them violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says a person's right to vote cannot be denied for "an error or omission" that is "not material" in determining voting eligibility.

A current, handwritten date on the return envelope is required by Pennsylvania state law, but that date is not used to confirm if a person is eligible to vote

 

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[skye]

Soon enough we will see that Trump won that election. I know he won it. Rigged and stolen.
No fear, January 20, 2025 is just around the corner. Trump will be the 47th President of the USA and he will fix this BIDEN disaster.

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Exactly! ^^^