This is how we ended up with super majorities in Washington State! "Look at all these ballots we found, we must count them!"
ALWAYS breaks for dems, been happening here since 2000 election. Republican candidate Rossi won, 'find' ballots, recount, 'find' more ballots, declare winner once enough ballots are found.
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court appears poised to STRIKE DOWN state laws allowing the mass acceptance of mail-in ballots after election day, following oral arguments — AP
It could affect several DOZEN states.
THIS IS HUGE! 🔥
Justice Sam Alito delivered a MASTERCLASS in precisely why we have an election DAY, not "week" or "month"
"We have LOTS of phrases that involve two words, the last of which, the second of which is DAY. Labor DAY, Memorial DAY, George Washington's birthDAY, Independence DAY, birth DAY, and election DAY!"
"And they're all particular DAYS."
"So if we start with that, if I have nothing more to look at than the phrase election day, I think this is the DAY in which everything is going to take place, or almost everything."
Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.
The court heard arguments in a case from Mississippi that also could affect voters in 13 other states and the District of Columbia, which have grace periods for ballots cast by mail. An additional 15 states that have more forgiving deadlines for ballots from military and overseas voters also could be impacted.
A ruling is expected by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
The court challenge is part of Trump’s broader attack on most mail balloting, which he has said breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states.
Several conservative justices gave voice to some of Trump’s complaints. Justice Samuel Alito wondered about the appearance of fraud in situations where “a big stash of ballots” that arrive late “radically flipped” an election.
Defending the state law, Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart pointed out that the Trump administration and its allies in the case have yet to submit a single case of fraud due to late-arriving mail ballots.
The court’s liberal justices indicated they would uphold state laws with post-Election Day deadlines.
“The people who should decide this issue are not the courts, but Congress, the states and Congress,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.
Forcing states to change their practices just a few months before the election risks “confusion and disenfranchisement,” especially in places that have had relaxed deadlines for years, state and big-city election officials told the court in a written filing.
California, Texas, New York and Illinois are among the states with post-Election Day deadlines. Alaska, with its vast distances and often unpredictable weather, also counts late-arriving ballots.
Lawyers for the Republican and Libertarian parties, as well as Trump’s administration, are asking the justices to affirm an appellate ruling that struck down a Mississippi law allowing ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of the election and are postmarked by Election Day.
Justices worried over the slippery-slope problems that could arise no matter who wins the case.
Ballots could be received until the start of the next Congress, two months after the election, Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested.
On the other side, Justice Elena Kagan said the logic of the challenge to late-arriving ballots also would be used to rule out early voting and absentee ballots.
Limits on early-voting also seemed to bother Chief Justice John Roberts, who seemed the conservative member of the court most likely to side with Mississippi.
The court also grappled with whether state laws allowing for late-arriving ballots from military and overseas ballots could survive.
Last year, Trump signed an executive order on elections that aims to require votes to be “cast and received” by Election Day. The order has been blocked in pending court challenges.
At the same time, four Republican-dominated states — Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota and Utah — eliminated grace periods last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and Voting Rights Lab.
The issue at the Supreme Court is whether federal law sets a single Election Day that requires ballots to be both cast by voters and received by state officials.
In striking down Mississippi’s grace period, Judge Andrew Oldham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the state law allowing the late-arriving ballots to be counted violated federal law.
Oldham and the other two judges who joined the unanimous ruling, James Ho and Stuart Kyle Duncan, all were appointed by Trump during his first term.
The Court will convene for a public session in the Courtroom at 10 a.m. The Justices will hear one oral argument. An audio feed will be live-streamed, and the audio will be available on the Court's website later in the day.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/calendarsandlists.aspx
This sounds great. However - there is one thing that concerns me. USPS. Hopefully the SAVE America Act passes and there are no more mail-in ballots.
Now - the USPS. They already slowed mail delivery down by having smaller post offices send stuff to regional (bigger) offices for scanning and mailing. That has slowed down some mail by at least 2 days and sometimes a week. That's bad enough, but what happens when the USPS decides to slow down mail from known Red areas during the end of an election season so they can potentially keep late-mailed likely-Republican ballots from being counted?
There are already rumors that some ballots are "lost" after scanning because you can sometimes see through the envelope and see some of the text inside. I have seen this myself on stuff I get thanks to Informed Delivery. It emails you the scans if you sign up. There are also some states or counties that have easily-identifiable envelopes or holes/windows where the scanners can see the political party -allowing USPS to toss ballots if they want.
This is how we ended up with super majorities in Washington State! "Look at all these ballots we found, we must count them!"
ALWAYS breaks for dems, been happening here since 2000 election. Republican candidate Rossi won, 'find' ballots, recount, 'find' more ballots, declare winner once enough ballots are found.
2011 wisconsin. they found 30,000 votes on Thursday after election, flippped the result
Olympia is a joke.
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court appears poised to STRIKE DOWN state laws allowing the mass acceptance of mail-in ballots after election day, following oral arguments — AP
It could affect several DOZEN states.
THIS IS HUGE! 🔥
Justice Sam Alito delivered a MASTERCLASS in precisely why we have an election DAY, not "week" or "month"
"We have LOTS of phrases that involve two words, the last of which, the second of which is DAY. Labor DAY, Memorial DAY, George Washington's birthDAY, Independence DAY, birth DAY, and election DAY!"
"And they're all particular DAYS."
"So if we start with that, if I have nothing more to look at than the phrase election day, I think this is the DAY in which everything is going to take place, or almost everything."
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2036137776819871799?s=20
AP article -
Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.
The court heard arguments in a case from Mississippi that also could affect voters in 13 other states and the District of Columbia, which have grace periods for ballots cast by mail. An additional 15 states that have more forgiving deadlines for ballots from military and overseas voters also could be impacted.
A ruling is expected by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
The court challenge is part of Trump’s broader attack on most mail balloting, which he has said breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states.
Several conservative justices gave voice to some of Trump’s complaints. Justice Samuel Alito wondered about the appearance of fraud in situations where “a big stash of ballots” that arrive late “radically flipped” an election.
Defending the state law, Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart pointed out that the Trump administration and its allies in the case have yet to submit a single case of fraud due to late-arriving mail ballots.
The court’s liberal justices indicated they would uphold state laws with post-Election Day deadlines.
“The people who should decide this issue are not the courts, but Congress, the states and Congress,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.
Forcing states to change their practices just a few months before the election risks “confusion and disenfranchisement,” especially in places that have had relaxed deadlines for years, state and big-city election officials told the court in a written filing.
California, Texas, New York and Illinois are among the states with post-Election Day deadlines. Alaska, with its vast distances and often unpredictable weather, also counts late-arriving ballots.
Lawyers for the Republican and Libertarian parties, as well as Trump’s administration, are asking the justices to affirm an appellate ruling that struck down a Mississippi law allowing ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of the election and are postmarked by Election Day.
Justices worried over the slippery-slope problems that could arise no matter who wins the case.
Ballots could be received until the start of the next Congress, two months after the election, Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested.
On the other side, Justice Elena Kagan said the logic of the challenge to late-arriving ballots also would be used to rule out early voting and absentee ballots.
Limits on early-voting also seemed to bother Chief Justice John Roberts, who seemed the conservative member of the court most likely to side with Mississippi.
The court also grappled with whether state laws allowing for late-arriving ballots from military and overseas ballots could survive.
Last year, Trump signed an executive order on elections that aims to require votes to be “cast and received” by Election Day. The order has been blocked in pending court challenges.
At the same time, four Republican-dominated states — Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota and Utah — eliminated grace periods last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and Voting Rights Lab.
The issue at the Supreme Court is whether federal law sets a single Election Day that requires ballots to be both cast by voters and received by state officials.
In striking down Mississippi’s grace period, Judge Andrew Oldham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the state law allowing the late-arriving ballots to be counted violated federal law.
Oldham and the other two judges who joined the unanimous ruling, James Ho and Stuart Kyle Duncan, all were appointed by Trump during his first term.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-elections-mailed-ballots-a516e60209e68642f4d74947fa06017f#
I can only hope the Supreme Court is not just poised to do it, but ready to do it (and willing). We will see.
Just adding official link sources...
Thanks for the sauce fren! 👏
God let's hope so.
This sounds great. However - there is one thing that concerns me. USPS. Hopefully the SAVE America Act passes and there are no more mail-in ballots.
Now - the USPS. They already slowed mail delivery down by having smaller post offices send stuff to regional (bigger) offices for scanning and mailing. That has slowed down some mail by at least 2 days and sometimes a week. That's bad enough, but what happens when the USPS decides to slow down mail from known Red areas during the end of an election season so they can potentially keep late-mailed likely-Republican ballots from being counted?
There are already rumors that some ballots are "lost" after scanning because you can sometimes see through the envelope and see some of the text inside. I have seen this myself on stuff I get thanks to Informed Delivery. It emails you the scans if you sign up. There are also some states or counties that have easily-identifiable envelopes or holes/windows where the scanners can see the political party -allowing USPS to toss ballots if they want.
I can absolutely see USPS doing this.
Yup, yet another reason to get rid of mail-in ballots
I don't know if I'm ready for good news. Let's hope these compromised traitors do the right thing.