Three Trump Judges Just Issued a Shock Ruling That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election

[The Stars Tremble]

OK how about we just allow early voting for provable extreme conditions like you described and require people that have no rational excuse to go vote,,

almost forgot,,
make election day a national holiday so there re no excuses??

Make election day a national holiday is actually an excellent idea.

Australia does not do that. People who have to work on Saturday, don't get double pay. Though really they should.

Election day on mother-****ing Tuesday, though? That is corrupt from its inception. It is, and always was, intended to suppress the vote of working people.

 

[Geoist]

then get the constitution changed and we can talk,,

Wtf you talking about? Change what in the Constitution? States already have the power to allow early voting/mail in voting and it's been going on since the early days of the country despite the lies you're spewing.

 

[rational anarchist]

Oh, "extreme provable issues." Like being bed-bound, or disabled like Steven Hawking.

All the "provable issues" have to be wheeled down to their local polling place. Or rounded up like cattle, from their ranch.

BTW, I recently learned of "mobile polling stations" which turn up at remnant towns too small to get a real polling place. I'm assuming that you approve? Or will you whine about taxpayer dollars spent on people who aren't "normal"?

so who is voting for these comatose patients??

 

[Geoist]

Wait a minute, you're a Libertarian! You're supposed to be arguing the other side according to the lawsuit

(I jest, I jest )

A left-libertarian. I'm one of the good ones.

 

[rational anarchist]

Make election day a national holiday is actually an excellent idea.

if the radicals werent trying to gaslight us with all these piss poor excuses I could even see extending it to the week before from early voting in the election office..

but give a radical an inch and they take a mile,,

 

[Geoist]

so who is voting for these comatose patients??

Stephen Hawking wasn't 'comatose'. Jesus Christ, man...

 

[rational anarchist]

Wtf you talking about? Change what in the Constitution? States already have the power to allow early voting/mail in voting and it's been going on since the early days of the country despite the lies you're spewing.

early voting and mail in voting are two different things,,

stop trying to combine them,,

there re a lot of logical reasons for early voting,,

very few if any reasons for mail in voting,,

that is if your goal is a free and fair election,,

 

[Geoist]

if the radicals werent trying to gaslight us with all these piss poor excuses I could even see extending it to the week before from early voting in the election office..

but give a radical an inch and they take a mile,,

Self-described 'anarchist' demonizes radicals.

 

[rational anarchist]

Stephen Hawking wasn't 'comatose'. Jesus Christ, man...

so he can travel the country going to different colleges and other places but he cant go to the election office and cast a vote??

I hope you see the flaw in your logic,,

 

[rational anarchist]

Self-described 'anarchist' demonizes radicals.

thats only half my name,,

and reverting to personal attacks is showing me you know you have nothing left,,

 

[The Stars Tremble]

Wrong. We've had early voting for hundreds of years:

There’s nothing unusual about early voting – it’s been done since the founding of the republic

This year is seeing a high number of absentee and mail-in ballots and voting in the period before Election Day – but early voting periods are not new to the 2020 election.

theconversation.com

You're spoiling the fun. Rational Anarchists has been banging away at postal voting, seemingly unaware of early voting.

But never mind, there is still fun to be had.

I was an anarchist once. But not for long. I had a man-crush on two anarchists, but when I realized they were both up themselves (and each other) I went back to being a Marxist. Fun times though.

 

[The Stars Tremble]

thats only half my name,,

and reverting to personal attacks is showing me you know you have nothing left,,

It's a pretty funny name, you surely know this.

For a bit of light relief, I don't mind if you lampoon my own name.

 

[Geoist]

so he can travel the country going to different colleges and other places but he cant go to the election office and cast a vote??

I hope you see the flaw in your logic,,

Why would he have needed to travel to a polling station when he could mail in his ballot?

Again, he wasn't comatose, he had ALS.

 

[Geoist]

thats only half my name,,

and reverting to personal attacks is showing me you know you have nothing left,,

Where is the personal attack? I am pointing out the irony of a self-described anarchist attacking people for being 'politically radical.'

Anarchism is by definition a radical ideology.

 

[rational anarchist]

It's a pretty funny name, you surely know this.

For a bit of light relief, I don't mind if you lampoon my own name.

he didnt lampoon my name,,

and reverting tto personal attacks is what a person does that knows they are wrong,,

 

[rational anarchist]

Where is the personal attack? I am pointing out the irony of a self-described anarchist attacking people for being 'politically radical.'

Anarchism is by definition a radical ideology.

when you edit out part of and dont bother to ask the meaning of something is a personal attack because you know I am right and you have nothing left,,

 

[Geoist]

It's a pretty funny name, you surely know this.

I mean, I think one can be a rational anarchist. But he has proven early in his DP career to be neither rational or an anarchist.

 

[Geoist]

when you edit out part of and dont bother to ask the meaning of something is a personal attack because you know I am right and you have nothing left,,

You are making no sense in the above post.

 

[rational anarchist]

Why would he have needed to travel to a polling station when he could mail in his ballot?

Again, he wasn't comatose, he had ALS.

nice dodge there,,,

you went from he cant get there because hes disabled to he can just mail it in,,

 

[rational anarchist]

You are making no sense in the above post.

thanks for your opinion,,

youre dismissed,,

 

[Fletch]

"On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit handed down a shock decision declaring that states may not count ballots that are mailed by Election Day but received shortly thereafter. By its own terms, the ruling applies only to Mississippi, throwing the legality of its voting procedures into question just 11 days before the election. Nationwide, however, 18 states and Washington D.C. accept late-arriving ballots; the 5th Circuit’s reasoning would render all these laws illegitimate and void, nullifying hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of ballots. The court’s obvious goal, aside from destabilizing a close election, is to tee up a Supreme Court decision that could wipe out all these laws in one fell swoop.

The Republican National Committee manufactured this dispute as a test case to end the widespread practice of accepting ballots that come in after Election Day, but are postmarked by Election Day. (Republicans believe that these ballots are disproportionately likely to support Democrats.) The RNC filed its lawsuit in Mississippi because that’s the one state within the 5th Circuit that counts late-arriving ballots, and conservative lawyers knew they could get a favorable ruling from the far-right court. RNC lawyers argued that federal law requires all votes to be received by Election Day, not just cast by Election Day. And they claimed that this federal rule overrides, or “preempts,” state laws to the contrary, including Mississippi’s.

U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sharply rejected this argument. He pointed out that, under the Constitution, “the times, places and manner” of federal elections “shall be prescribed” by the states, though Congress may “make or alter” the state’s laws. Congress has not prescribed specific rules for mail ballots, instead leaving those decisions up to the states. The fact that Congress created one “Election Day” does not mean that it intended to void ballots that are cast by that date but, for whatever reason, arrive shortly thereafter."

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When Mississippi law isn't right-wing enough for you, send in the 5th Circuit Court.

Why do you assume that these ballots are all being cast by democrats?

 

[Bodecea]

play stupid games win stupid prizes,,
to trust the post office with one of the most important actions taken by the average american is plain stupid
next time show up in person and vote like normal people do,,

this is a good ruling and hopefully it leads to ending ,mail in ballots,,

Then, increase the number of polling places.

 

[Geoist]

nice dodge there,,,

you went from he cant get there because hes disabled to he can just mail it in,,

I never said he can't get there. I'm saying it's an unnecessary burden.

Traveling across the globe promoting science, especially before we had reliable video stream feeds, was a worthwhile burden for Hawking.

But being forced to travel to a polling place when he can simply mail in his ballot is pointless.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

Really?

Yes. There are several of them.

See post #19.

I did.

 

[Bodecea]

cry me river,,

exceptions for proven issues can be addressed

the problem is it went from that to OK I can sit on my ass and do my civic duty,,

mail in voting should have never happened,,

So you want to disenfranchise the military.