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Election Reform

rainy

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1. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/election-mail-in-ballot-rejection.html

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Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:11 PM

Nov 7

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/election-mail-in-ballot-rejection.html

“One of the most consequential battles, over whether counties should throw out thousands of misdated mail ballots, ended last week in a victory for Republicans when the state Supreme Court declined to hear an argument that such ballots should be counted. A legal quarrel over where voters can drop off mail ballots was decided in late September (efforts to limit drop-off points were batted down).”

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States let partisan election boards in counties interpret many already murky laws on accepting mail ballots [View all] rainy Nov 7 OP

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/election-mail-in-ballot-rejection.html rainy Nov 7 #1

Here's what happened on Nov 3rd, 4 years ago, announced on what was then Twitter: ancianita Nov 7 #2

Red suppression states under DeJoy's USPS have broken federal postal law and dare anyone to find out. ancianita Nov 7 #3