It’s a law that Democrats have desperately defended as “saving our democracy,” but now its gone. In a significant development concerning Mississippi’s election laws, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a state provision that permitted election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward.
The court, which covers Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, determined that the acceptance of such ballots beyond Election Day violates federal law. However, the decision is not yet in effect, as the case has been sent back to a lower court for further review, leaving the ultimate outcome unresolved for now, writes The Washington Post.
The Mississippi case is one front in a legal battle over voting rules and which ballots to count. Most of the fights have concentrated on the policies in battleground states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, but the Mississippi case showed that disputes can surface even in reliably Republican places.
Mississippi allows mail ballots to be counted if they arrive up to five days after Election Day and are postmarked by then. Seventeen other states and D.C. have similar laws.
The Republican National Committee sued over the Mississippi law in January, arguing that elections must be completed by Election Day because Congress has set a specific day for the election. A district court upheld the law in July, saying states could set their own policies on mail ballots.
“Federal law requires voters to take timely steps to vote by Election Day,” Judge Andrew S. Oldham wrote for the unanimous panel. “And federal law does not permit the State of Mississippi to extend the period for voting by one day, five days, or 100 days.”
This ruling comes as part of a broader legal battle over mail-in voting, a contentious issue in U.S. elections, particularly since the 2020 presidential election. Republican attorneys argue that the law, which allowed for a five-day grace period to receive mail-in ballots, contradicts federal standards. The court’s decision reflects this stance, and it may set a precedent for similar cases in other states.
GOP leaders argue that allowing ballots to be received after Election Day disproportionately benefits Democratic voters, who are statistically more likely to vote by mail. Citing research on voter behavior, Republican attorneys claim that these grace periods can unfairly skew election outcomes.
The U.S. Constitution has been unequivocal about U.S. elections. It is the demonRATS / Liberals / Marxists and communists that have for the past 30 + years made a mockery of our election system. They have played “Fast & Loose” with the laws for decades using the activist controlled courts. They have used the word “discrimination” also in a perverted way. According to Websters Dictionary discrimination meant “selective” and not related to race in any way. They have used the “race card” in every diabolical way possible. People used to be proud to be “selective” about many things in their lives. Now no matter what the subject is it is made into a racial thing. Our election system is in such chaos all because of “race”. The southern democRATS used their strong-arm violent organization known as the KKK to prevent black Americans from voting 150 years ago. The demonRATS know that voter suppression is B.S. If blacks don’t vote they are to blame not the system. Voter ID cards or drivers licenses are provided free of charge so that is not an excuse. None of my black neighbors or friends ever had a problem regarding voting. The chaos in voting today was created for one purpose to make it easier to cheat. Every single change to voting in the past 20 years has made it easier to cheat than ever.
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