Residents drop mail-in ballots in an official ballot box outside of the Tippecanoe branch library in Milwaukee on Oct 20, 2020.Pete Williams
Voting rights groups, the state and national Democratic parties, and the League of women Voters filed lawsuits seeking to extend the deadline for accepting mail-in ballots. They said the flood of absentee ballots and problems arising from the pandemic make it harder for voters to receive their mail ballots and return them on time. Wisconsin has been especially hard hit by COVID-19, with hospitals nearly filled to capacity.U.S.
Without relief from the Supreme Court, the groups said,"mass disenfranchisement of Wisconsin voters would ensue." Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, sided with the challengers. The Supreme Court reached a different result last week in allowing mail ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania that arrive by the Friday following the election. By a 4-4 vote, the justices left a state court ruling in place that extended the ballot deadline. They did not explain their reasoning.
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch said Wisconsin has made several changes to adapt to the pandemic, sending ballot applications to all registered voters, allowing extended time to vote, and providing for drop boxes as an alternative to the mail.
Wisconsin, here's a tip: if you haven't mailed your ballot to the USPS, DON'T. Go to your municipal clerk's office and drop it off there. If not, take it to your polling place or absentee counting location by 8pm on Election Day. You're welcome 😉
Bc of course only mail in ballots will be for Democrats. That’s how you know it’s fraudulent af 😂
WAKE UP WISCONSIN VOTE BLUE STRAIGHT TICKET NOW
It influences not just Democrats. It influences all voters. Vote early!
The GOP just can't win without cheating...
America is made of rules and laws. Is our duty to follow them as Americans.
Why not just vote in person or drop off prior to the deadline?
If people can’t get their ballots in by the deadline that’s their laziness. My God theirs a deadline to submit your tax return, pay your mortgage, credit cards, utility bills etc. if you want your vote to count get it in on time! It’s very simple
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Over the years how have the votes been counted? Do the electoral college votes decide vs popular vote? If one gets a discount until a certain date, the sale ends, you missed the discount. How long should the counting of votes after election go on? Forever? Or when sale ends?
You don't like this decision? just wait until ACB gets settled in..
It’s only a defeat for lazy procrastinators.
It means that trump ,scotus and the uspo can collude to suppress vote from dem districts !
Framing this as a defeat 'for Democrats' is ridiculous. The ballots not counted could be for GOP candidates as well as Dems. Common sense. It's a defeat for fair elections.
It’s a defeat for all voters. Very misleading headline.
Rediculous how, in a National Election, we disregard the fact that a vote cast on Election Day, may no longer be valid! When a properly cast vote ARRIVES a minute late, it no longer counts? Is that what was behind the USPS changes?
An unreasonable request by Democrats.
It's a set back for voters and democracy, not just Democrats
So you admit that not counting votes is key to Republicans’ strategy?
I have never questioned the Constitution, but with this Trump Presidency, our constitution has major flaws. Our Senate and Congress needs to address these flaws. Americans should have a right to vote. This is clearly voter suppression!
Isn’t this a defeat for Americans, since I’m assuming Republicans will also be voting by mail.
PeteWilliamsNBC Date stamp your ballots! Take pictures of the envelope! Send it to your senators! This is BIG government controlling us! GOPComplicitTraitors
PeteWilliamsNBC Nice to see that the rigging of elections have already started!
PeteWilliamsNBC Not really a defeat for democrats. Just get your ballots in in time. Not like it should be a surprise to anyone that there’s an election soon!
PeteWilliamsNBC Another political decision. When will the courts again be nonpolitical?
PeteWilliamsNBC It’ll be something when the States simply ignore the SCOTUS. Constitutional Crisis be dammed. StatesRights
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PeteWilliamsNBC This is not a blow to Democrats. This is blow to democracy. Post Master General is slowing down mail delivery. Supreme Court just said that is a successful strategy to suppress voters. Vote them all out!
PeteWilliamsNBC This is bullshit and anybody with an ounce of intelligence knows this is Voter Suppression. Think about this people, if this continues, whether you're a Democrat or Republican, eventually your vote won't matter in the new United States of the Banana Republic thanks to Trump!
PeteWilliamsNBC Good! You voting by mail, you had all summer to do it.
PeteWilliamsNBC Well, it's already begun. The Repubs on the SCOTUS are already doing the GOP's bidding. It WILL get worse before it gets better. We need to pack the court & balance the Scale of Justice.
PeteWilliamsNBC Republicans are literally in court making sure votes aren’t counted. And people still vote for them? 😳
PeteWilliamsNBC Republicans can’t win unless they cheat. Voter suppression. VoteBlueDownBallot
PeteWilliamsNBC Just tell Trump all the ballots they couldn’t Court were for him, sorry you Lose!!
PeteWilliamsNBC It’s a set back for republicans most of democrats and independents had already voted.
PeteWilliamsNBC ExpandTheCourt
PeteWilliamsNBC Should only apply next election, seeing as this one is so close but common sense and politics ran away from each other a long time ago.
PeteWilliamsNBC 😡😡😡😡
PeteWilliamsNBC Drop em off
PeteWilliamsNBC Abolish the filibuster. Unpack the court. Abolish the Electoral College.
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