Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension
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Via: buzz-of-the-orient • 4 years ago • 21 commentsBy: By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
BUZZ NOTE: This is why it is important for Trump to own the nation's courts - so he can succeed in suppressing the votes since Americans being allowed, in these special circumstances, to have their votes counted is bound to oust him from the White House.
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Appellate court halts Wisconsin ballot-counting extension
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin
BUZZ NOTE: There was no caption for this photo, so I have no idea who it is, or whose copyright it is.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin's presidential election, a momentary victory for Republicans and President Donald Trump in the key presidential battleground state.
As it stands, ballots will now be due by 8 p.m. on Election Day. A lower court judge had sided with Democrats and their allies to extend the deadline until Nov. 9. Democrats sought more time as a way to help deal with an expected historic high number of absentee ballots.
The Democratic National Committee, the state Democratic Party and allied groups including the League of Women Voters sued to extend the deadline for counting absentee ballots after the April presidential primary saw long lines, fewer polling places, a shortage of workers and thousands of ballots mailed days after the election.
U.S. District Judge William Conley ruled Sept. 21 that ballots that arrive up to six days after Election Day will count as long as they're postmarked by Election Day. Sunday’s action puts Conley’s order on hold until the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals or U.S. Supreme Court issues any further action.
No further details were immediately posted by the appeals court.
State election officials anticipate as many as 2 million people will cast absentee ballots to avoid catching the coronavirus at the polls. That would be three times more absentee ballots than any other previous election and could overwhelm both election officials and the postal service, Conley wrote. If the decision had stood it could have delayed knowing the winner of Wisconsin for days.
The Republican National Committee, the state GOP and Wisconsin's Republican legislators argued that current absentee voting rules be left in place, saying people have plenty of time to obtain and return their ballots.
Conley in April had ruled that absentee ballots in the state's presidential election could be submitted up to six days after election day. The 7th Circuit let that decision stand but the U.S. Supreme Court said only ballots postmarked on or before election day would count.
Conley on Sept. 21 also extended the state’s deadline for registering by mail or electronically by seven days, from Oct. 14 to Oct. 21 and declared that poll workers can work in any county, not just where they live. Clerks have reported fears of the virus caused shortages of poll workers in both Wisconsin’s spring presidential primary and state primary in August. Loosening the residency requirements could make it easier to fill slots.
Trump won Wisconsin by less than 1 percentage point — fewer than 23,000 votes — in 2016 and the state figures to be a key battleground again in 2020. Polls show Democrat Joe Biden with a slight lead but both sides expect a tight race.
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When I see what Trump is doing, I have to think he really IS trying to be Xi JInping.
just like every other election...
the left is not going to change our election system
everything they try will fail.
Xi Jinping can learn a thing or two from Trump in finding ways to stay in power no matter what the citizens might want. America is democratic, allowing for citizens to vote for their leaders? Think again.
Xi Jinping can learn a thing or two from Trump in finding ways to stay in power no matter what the citizens might want.
I'll explain to you the point I was making so you'll understand it is that Trump is doing everything in his power to suppress the vote, which is what the seed is all about. Of course Xi Jinping is not elected by citizens voting - everybody knows that.
I understand Buzz, the point I was making is our Presidents don't have the power you suggest so the comparison is not plausable.
With the SCOTUS in his pocket, he just might have that power.
Nah, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh have ruled against Trump.
Okay, then on the case of restricting the rights of Americans to vote I would hope that the whole SCOTUS would be unanimous in ruling against Trump.
what powers do you claim Trump has to suppress votes?
LOL. If you don't know what he and his Post Office buddy have been doing, and what he has been saying, where have you been hiding?
if you don't know, it's cool
What do you think that this seed is an example of?
please relate what specifically Trump has done regarding this court case.
Please and thank you
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saying something is hardly voter suppression, as claimed.
and how is that related to the court case you cited---what does Trump gave to do with that legal ruling?
You think that "saying something" has no effect? Maybe it has to do with who is saying it, like suggesting ingesting bleach or disinfectant to avoid or cure the virus, or using xenophobic hate-mongering language to identify the virus....
Do you just look at pictures, or did you read the article I linked?
I don't need to waste my time continuing replying to your interrogation of my opinion, so any further reply by you will NOT be answered but will earn an IMPASSE.
I never said one word about your opinion.
What I did was to question your statement of "fact" that Trump was doing everything in his power to suppress votes.
Don't get mad at me because you were unable to support your claim.
Michigan has always required absentee ballots to be due by 8 pm election day, it isn't that difficult.
if the left can not change our election system, that means trump is cheating... LOL
the morons abound.
This seed is locked.