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FakeNoose

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16. This means it cannot be over-ruled by the PA state courts, am I right?

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 04:55 PM

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I've gotten sick and tired of all the bickering in Pennsylvania over this ridiculous issue. It has been ruled at least 3 times that I know of, probably more. The Repukes just won't let it go. But now they have to.

Pennsylvania Repukes can pound salt!

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Mark Elias: 🚨BREAKING: Federal court rules that the Pennsylvania date requirement for mail-in ballot violates the First [View all] highplainsdem Monday OP

knr UTUSN Monday #1

Elias And His Cohorts Are Fighting The Fight That ALL The Law Firms Ought To Be Fighting! MayReasonRule Monday #2

Exactly !! This is how it's done. C_U_L8R Monday #5

K & R malaise Monday #3

We should celebrate every win peggysue2 Monday #4

Thanks for the all too rare good news. K&R Ping Tung Monday #6

When this is over, and we still have voting rights, Marc Elias will be the hero. lindysalsagal Monday #7

Kick SheltieLover Monday #8

GEAT NEWS here. I'm gonna celebrate by bluestarone Monday #9

Marc Elias is heroic Quiet Em Monday #10

He IS a hero! A hero not just for us, but for DEMOCRACY. calimary Monday #11

Fantastic news!! Thanks for posting, highplainsdem. wordstroken Monday #12

ding ding ding ding. AllaN01Bear Monday #13

If I had living heroes, Marc Elias would top the list. LoisB Monday #14

Fantabulous!!!!!!!! pandr32 Monday #15

This means it cannot be over-ruled by the PA state courts, am I right? FakeNoose Monday #16

Or by SCOTUS because it's a state issue, I'm guessing (IANAL). TheRickles Monday #20

The state Supreme Court agreed in January to review again BumRushDaShow Monday #22

Thank you, Marc Elias, from PA! Alice B. Monday #17

GOOD!!!!! ShazzieB Monday #18

Same with requiring a signature MichMan Monday #27

I believe that the ballots should be postmarked, just like our tax forms ... aggiesal Monday #19

I've been in a line at CA post office to post a tax return. Line so long and unwieldy that the workers wouldn't know iluvtennis Monday #23

They did the same thing here in San Diego, except ... aggiesal Monday #29

San Diego more controls that San Jose - good stuff. n/t iluvtennis Monday #30

What validity does a postmark have it is added after a deadline ? MichMan Tuesday #46

Yes, they postmarked it for the deadline. Wasn't our fault that the drop off line of cars went for a mile. Even though iluvtennis Tuesday #51

"Line so long and unwieldy that the workers wouldn't know what time you got in line" MichMan Tuesday #55

I don't think there's a right and wrong on this issue, as both sides think they're right Polybius Monday #43

I do think there is a right and wrong ... aggiesal Tuesday #50

This is probably the millionth (exaggerated) case regarding our mail ballots and the dates BumRushDaShow Monday #21

Yes thanks for the review, the Repukes just wouldn't let it die FakeNoose Monday #24

45 recently started telling his minions to "vote early" and use those mail ballots BumRushDaShow Monday #34

It actually may have made some difference in November's elections Wiz Imp Monday #35

There was an uptick of mail ballots in red areas in PA BumRushDaShow Tuesday #47

HEAR, HEAR!!! Fraudulent Mail In Ballots Are About As Prevalent As Angels Dancing On Heads Of Pins MayReasonRule Tuesday #48

K&R! gademocrat7 Monday #25

Great work folks, unfortunately Eliot Rosewater Monday #26

Nope. Case was 100% about PA state law. SCOTUS has no jurisdiction. Wiz Imp Monday #36

Why was it in a Federal US District court? MichMan Monday #40

Sorry, I thought this was a state Supreme Court Decision Wiz Imp Monday #45

Doesn't that favor Republicans? MichMan Monday #28

I'm sure Elias has considered the demographic aspects of it cadoman Monday #31

It shouldn't matter. RandomNumbers Monday #32

Precisely right! It serves NO valid purpose as courts have repeatedly recognized. benfranklin1776 Monday #33

This is not an issue for most here. BidenRocks Monday #41

Yes I remember the 2004 election very painfully. benfranklin1776 Tuesday #49

Changing voting rules brakester Tuesday #53

It favors Democracy Wiz Imp Monday #37

The USPS will not aid Chump in suppressing the vote FakeNoose Monday #39

There are also other groups in PA that vote Democratic that aren't majority college educated Polybius Monday #44

Would this ruling have made any difference in any past elections? Wiz Imp Monday #38

I know that the decision is popular, but saying it violates the 1st Amendment is a bit of a stretch Polybius Monday #42

Thank you Mark Elias! Janbdwl72 Tuesday #52

A needless requirement by Republicans who want to diminish the vote. Grins Tuesday #54