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Supreme Court Denies Bid To Expand No-Excuse Mail-In Ballots In Texas
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:34 am
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:34 am
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a legal challenge to a Texas law that requires voters under the age of 65 to provide justification to vote by mail, meaning that the Democrat-aligned attempt to sharply expand “no-excuse” mail-in ballots in the Lone Star state has failed, with implications for other states.
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According to an April 22 order list, the high court denied petition for a writ of cetriorari in a case that stems from a federal lawsuit filed in 2020 on behalf of the Texas Democratic Party and several voters who requested that Texas lift its age-based limitations on no-excuse mail-in voting.
Texas law only allows individuals to vote by mail without a qualifying excuse, like sickness, if they are 65 years or older. In their original complaint, which made its way through a number of lower courts before ending up before the Supreme Court, the petitioners alleged that the Texas voting law violates the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits denying the right to vote due to age.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal means that the Texas law stays in place, delivering a win to election integrity advocates who argue that no-excuse mail-in voting is prone to fraud and makes elections less secure.
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The high court’s decision not to hear the appeal has broader implications, however, since six other states–Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee–have similar laws on the books that let older voters to request absentee ballot without having to provide any justification.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:37 am to WPBTiger
Mail-in ballots from a conservative zip code were lost. Mail-in ballots from a conservative neighborhood were lost.
It happens all the time. How can we check our own votes after an election?
It happens all the time. How can we check our own votes after an election?
Posted on 4/23/24 at 8:38 am to WPBTiger
The huge influx of fake votes pouring in will be 66 yrs and over
Posted on 4/23/24 at 9:06 am to JellyRoll
quote:and under...
The huge influx of fake votes pouring in will be 66 yrs and over
Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:29 am to WPBTiger
I need to check out of this world
I cannot read thru all the double-negatives required to read that.
It sounds like good news for the concept of election integrity based on responses - but every reading I make of the words seems to indicate otherwise.
caution to anyone approaching the age of 80 =====> DON'T.
stay young
I cannot read thru all the double-negatives required to read that.
It sounds like good news for the concept of election integrity based on responses - but every reading I make of the words seems to indicate otherwise.
caution to anyone approaching the age of 80 =====> DON'T.
stay young
Posted on 4/23/24 at 11:10 am to WPBTiger
"No excuse" mail-in voting is bad policy, regardless of age, IMO. A healthy 68 year-old can get to the polls as easily as a 28 year-old, and an oldster who cannot get there has a built-in "excuse" for mail-in.
With the exception in place, I honestly, don't know how much this law really accomplishes, because it seems to me that the elderly are probably a BIG percentage of those whose identities are being "borrowed" for whatever "harvest then mail" abuses are occurring.
At the same time, I don't see that it really does any harm, either. Like 90% of legislation at any level, it does an EXCELLENT job of making it LOOK like the legislature is "doing something."
With the exception in place, I honestly, don't know how much this law really accomplishes, because it seems to me that the elderly are probably a BIG percentage of those whose identities are being "borrowed" for whatever "harvest then mail" abuses are occurring.
At the same time, I don't see that it really does any harm, either. Like 90% of legislation at any level, it does an EXCELLENT job of making it LOOK like the legislature is "doing something."
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 11:17 am
Posted on 4/23/24 at 2:46 pm to Timeoday
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It happens all the time. How can we check our own votes after an election?
The BlockChain. You would be able to fully see your vote and that it is counted. People don't yet realize what some of these chains can do to help secure data. Most of the chains are crap but there are many use case scenarios that can be solved.
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