Supreme Court Gears Up To Decide If Elections End On Election Day

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Supreme Court Gears Up To Decide If Elections End On Election Day
Shawn Fleetwood


Does Election Day actually mean Election Day?

That’s the key issue the U.S. Supreme Court is going to consider when it holds oral arguments in a pivotal elections case next week.

Known as Watson v. RNC, the legal dispute centers around a challenge to a Mississippi law allowing election officials to accept mail-in ballots up to five business days after Election Day so long as they are postmarked on or before the day of the contest. The issue of accepting late-arriving ballots has become a prominent issue in elections in recent years, with more than a dozen states permitting such a practice.

In the case before SCOTUS, the justices will decide whether these state statutes violate existing federal laws that establish an election day for federal races. Speaking with The Federalist, Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Snead predicated that a favorable decision from the high court rendering them unconstitutional would go a long way in upholding the law and boosting Americans’ confidence and trust in elections.

“If you’re watching ballots trickle in and margins shrink, and you’re watching winners become losers and losers become winners after an election is over, then that invites skepticism, concerns about fraud, and ultimately, that’s going to sap public confidence and deter people from voting,” Snead told The Federalist. “This is a real opportunity for the Supreme Court to enforce the rule of law and to bring good election practices at the same time.”

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[Free Vulcan]

There's either a boundary or there's not. If you can count votes after election day, where's the limit? A Republican two years into his term, and the State says, 'Oh hey, we found some votes under a desk, you lose sucka!'.

Sure, people will argue the vote is certified, who's to stop them from saying that's not a hard and fast rule? The Rats won't honor that for sure.

[Fishrrman]

Vulcan writes:
"There's either a boundary or there's not. If you can count votes after election day, where's the limit? A Republican two years into his term, and the State says, 'Oh hey, we found some votes under a desk, you lose sucka!'."

All covered in my "election amendment":
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This Constitution prescribes that only citizens may vote in all elections conducted within the United States. This includes elections for federal offices of The United States, elections for State offices in the Several States, and all municipal and local elections conducted within the borders of The United States.

Elections will be conducted only on Election Day as prescribed by this Constitution.

All ballots in all elections will be paper ballots cast by individual voters at their respective polling locations. Electronic means may be used to tabulate vote counts at the local level.

Provisional ballots of any kind are prohibited by this Constitution.

Ranked Choice Voting of any kind is prohibited by this Constitution.

On Election Day votes will be tabulated immediately after the polls close. Tabulation and counting of votes will proceed continuously until a final tally is reached.

There shall be a demand right of registered voters to witness the tabulation and counting of votes. Any attempt to deny such right will be deemed unconstitutional. This right shall not be modified by any Court of the United States. The Several States may however limit the total number of election observers as is practicable for reasons of safety.

An election shall not be considered to be won unless the winning candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. If no candidate receives a majority, a runoff election must be held within 35 days to determine the winner. This shall not apply to the elections for President and Vice President, which are to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral College, as enumerated in this Constitution.

The use of the United States Mail shall not be permitted for the collection of ballots, with the exception of absentee ballots.

There shall be no use of absentee ballots without the presentation of individual need, subject to strict scrutiny by the registrar of voters.

Absentee ballots must be received by the close of voting on Election Day. Any ballots received via mail after the polls close will be immediately destroyed and will not be entered into the voting tabulation.

All citizens of the United States will be required to produce identification before voting.

All citizens of the United States who desire to vote will be required to register at least six months in advance of election day, unless they have previously done so. All citizens requesting registration will be properly vetted by the registrar of voters.

No person will be registered to vote unless that person has attained his or her twenty-first birthday.

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to this Constitution is repealed in its entirety.
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How does that hit ya...?