Three Trump Judges Just Issued a Shock Ruling That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election
slate.com
The Republican National Committee manufactured this dispute as a test case.

So if you vote on election day but your ballot doesn’t get counted in time I guess your shit outta luck?

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    126·
    2 months ago

    On another discussion post someone from there commented on that fact and I couldn’t believe it. No early voting, once the poll closes that’s it even if there’s a line, and now (for apparently the first time in history) even a late ballot in the mail is invalid. Republicans who still love their country should be outraged at this, but I guess as long as they’re winning it doesn’t matter.

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Election hasn’t even happened yet and Missouri already has under full fascist control over their voters. A few state-designed delays and any votes from any county or polling site go straight into the trash can.

      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
        26·
        2 months ago

        All 50 states have different rules. All of them. There are federal laws that apply, but our very slanted supreme court has gutted most of them.

        Of the states, some are excellent, most are sane, some are insane.

    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 months ago

      The article seemed to state this was specifically about mailed ballots. Any source regarding being in line at poll close?

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      25·
      2 months ago

      Oldham could just as easily fashion a bullshit reason dressed in fake legalese that only Republican votes count because the US is a constitutional republic.

  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
    48·
    2 months ago

    So if you vote on election day but your ballot doesn’t get counted in time I guess your shit outta luck?

    Not exactly. This applies to mail in ballots with the correct postage date but received after election Day. It’s bullshit IMO. If you got your vote in the mail by election Day then it should count.

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      2 months ago

      Good thing DeJoy is still (fucking SOMEHOW) in charge of USPS so I’m sure he’ll ensure timely delivery.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
      51·
      2 months ago

      It does make sense in a way, but you would think they would give a little bit of leeway.

      They shouldn’t have to wait like 2 weeks before calling the results to make sure all the mail in votes have made it in, but maybe at least give it a day or two.

      • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
        51·
        2 months ago

        The cases where mail in ballots received after election day actually make a difference is negligible. This is a non-issue, and elections are generally called well before all votes are counted anyways.

        The more important principle here is that all legal votes should be counted. This is just another tool in the arsenal of vote suppression enthusiasts on the right to use when the time is right (GOP in power again so they can aggressively ratfuck the USPS again just before the election).

        • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 months ago

          We just had an election in my area where mail in ballots flipped a seat which was already considered won by conservatives and will potentially be the deciding factor between a minority and majority government, and they weren’t counted officially until almost 10 days after election day.

  • ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world
    212·
    2 months ago

    It’s just voter suppression. Just like the reason every state doesn’t have mail in ballots or how Election Day isn’t a holiday or how we don’t have the technology to do vote online. It’s just voter suppression. Like we have technology to deposit checks instantly yet we can’t have a system to vote. It’s fucking sad and depressing. The US is a joke.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      107·
      2 months ago

      Democrats could have passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to restore voting protections. But the Jim Crow Filibuster was more important.