Posted on Oct 28, 2020
Trump on Counting Votes Beyond Election Day: “I Don’t Believe That’s by Our Laws”
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So just to be clear, there’s no law that says all votes have to be counted by the end of election or that states should stop counting. What’s more concerning was Justice Kavanaugh’s dissent in the Wisconsin ballot case implied counting should stop on election night or quickly thereafter (like days).
President Donald Trump: “It would be very, very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on November 3rd, instead of counting ballots for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate. And I don’t believe that that’s by our laws. I don’t believe that.”
President Donald Trump: “It would be very, very proper and very nice if a winner were declared on November 3rd, instead of counting ballots for two weeks, which is totally inappropriate. And I don’t believe that that’s by our laws. I don’t believe that.”
Trump on Counting Votes Beyond Election Day: “I Don’t Believe That’s by Our Laws”
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I think they need to stop counting when they run out of ballots that made it on time. In the case of mail-in's, if it was in the possession of USPS or APO on the 3rd count it. After the 3rd too bad, so sad.
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MAJ James Woods
The laws have been consistently clear. There are states that say it must be received by Nov 3rd and there are states that say it has to be postmarked NLT Nov 3rd. There’s no law that says those qualified ballots can’t be counted after Nov 3rd or within a few days of polls closing. He’s making it up and hopes his judges will be political activists on this subject.
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. v. WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE, ET AL.
Did justice Kavanaugh really dissent in this case?
Did justice Kavanaugh really dissent in this case?
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MAJ James Woods
Yes. His argument was the lower court federal judge can’t extend when ballots are received regardless of the pandemic conditions. However his opinion also stated that ballot counting in general should end on election night or shortly thereafter; thus, implying there should be a strict timeline on how long a state should still keep counting qualified ballots regardless that state’s laws. He later tried to walk back his statement insisting we should follow the state’s laws on elections. Note Kavanaugh and Barrett were part of legal counsel that argued for the FL recount to be stopped in 2000 election.
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MAJ James Woods - I understand Justice Kavanaugh’s opinion.
But please try again. Did Kavanaugh really dissent in this case? Below is a link to the full decision.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/20A66
But please try again. Did Kavanaugh really dissent in this case? Below is a link to the full decision.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/20A66
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, etal. v. WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE, etal.
Weeks before a national election, a Federal District Judge decreed that Wisconsin law violates the Constitution by requiring absentee voters to return their ballots no later than election day. The court issued its ruling even though over 30 States have long enforced the very same absentee voting deadline—and for understandable reasons: Elections must end sometime, a single deadline supplies clear notice, and requiring ballots be in by election...
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