Nevada high court decides mail ballots with smudged or missing postmarks can be counted

Source: msn/AP

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with smudged, indecipherable or missing postmarks can be counted for up to three days after polls close on Election Day. The state’s highest court rejected a bid by state and national Republicans, former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and a voter, Scott Johnston, to block them from being counted. Among the GOP arguments was that mail ballots unfairly benefit Democratic voters.

The court challenge came after Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, a Democrat, told county election officials in May that ballots without a visible postmark should be counted until 5 p.m. the Friday after Election Day. This year, that is Nov. 8.

Aguilar said the ruling “will allow election administration in Nevada to continue uninterrupted, without the risk of disenfranchising voters through no fault of their own.” In a statement, he also praised election workers "who have dedicated additional resources to securely process mail more efficiently this cycle.”

Republican National Committee spokesperson Claire Zunk said in a statement the court decision "undermined the integrity of Nevada’s elections.”

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How is it the voter's fault if a postmark, generated by a USPS post office machine on a ballot return envelope, ends up smudged?