Election Day mayhem may result thanks to SCOTUS rulings over Pennsylvania and North Carolina cases
October 30, 2020 | Vivek Saxena
Election Day used to mean Election Day, but these days Election Day appears to mean whatever state officials — particularly Democrat ones — claim it to be, thanks in part to Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh.
Take the officials on the North Carolina State Board of Elections, who last month effectively changed the state’s Election Day by allowing county board officials to collect ballots up until Nov. 12, so long as they’re “postmarked†by Election Day.
Following the ruling, state Republicans and President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the matter and return the cutoff back to the original date that’d been chosen, Nov. 6, but the court rejected the request.
“The justices, by a 5-3 vote Wednesday, refused to disturb a decision by the State Board of Elections to lengthen the period from three to nine days because of the coronavirus pandemic, pushing back the deadline to Nov. 12. The board’s decision was part of a legal settlement with a union-affiliated group,†the Associated Press confirmed.
Only Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas voted with Republicans. Ostensibly conservative Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh sided against them.
Newly minted Judge Amy Coney Barrett meanwhile abstained from voting on the matter altogether “because of the need for a prompt resolution and because she has not had time to fully review the parties’ filings,†according to court spokesperson Kathy Arberg.
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