Trump asks Supreme Court to block deadline extension for North Carolina ballot

[mfcorey1]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign again asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to block North Carolina's plan for counting absentee ballots that arrive after the Nov. 3 Election Day, the latest legal tussle in a wide-ranging fight over mail-in voting.

The campaign initially filed the application on Thursday after a U.S. federal appeals court decision last week left in place North Carolina's plan, dealing a setback to Trump's re-election campaign.

In a 12-3 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday denied a bid to halt the North Carolina State Board of Elections from tallying ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 that arrive before Nov. 12.

The Trump campaign, the North Carolina Republican Party and others had sued over the timetable, saying that it violated the state's election code.

"An emergency injunction is urgently needed to ensure that our federal election is governed by the statutes enacted by the people’s duly elected representatives, and not by the whims of an unelected state agency," the campaign wrote to the Supreme Court on Sunday in a new filing.

Next month's election promises to be the nation's largest test of voting by mail because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and Democrats and Republicans are locked in numerous lawsuits over the issue. About 58.8 million voters have already cast ballots.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-block-deadline-extension-for-north-carolina-ballot/ar-BB1anDwY?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[Iliyah]

1. This is not right . . .

period.

[woodsprite]

2. They should apply the same rules as for mailing in taxes.

Postmarked by midnight on election night, then it counts.

[crickets]

11. +1

[SheltieLover]

3. K&R!

I hope people are paying attention. By the long lines to vote, I'm guessing they are!

[Fullduplexxx]

4. "Do my bidding minions!"

[sanatanadharma]

5. Republicans are working hard, using the Federal government to control elections

Republicans are working hard at establishing Federal government control over state elections.
This may bode well for the next Democratic government trying to create Federal standards and voter-rights in elections for US Federal government positions.

Unintended consequences!

[smb]

6. Congress Is Empowered To Make Laws Regulating Elections

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
--Article I, section 4

So, if Cheato wants to override state rules about when ballots may be counted, all he has to do is get both houses of Congress to agree....

[dalton99a]

7. "I said to my judges, 'Stop the Voting and the Counting, please'"

[lark]

8. RW fascist SCOTUS will go along with drumpf on this, based on previous rulings.

They too want us to risk getting sick to vote and want to limit the counting as well, according to every ruling they've made so far. They don't care that the post office capacity was deliberately destroyed by a drumpf plant, the majority agrees with the fascist plot.

[Thrill]

10. I think this will be another 4-4

Roberts helps again

[lark]

12. He's voted with the other repugs twice to say that people had to come out and vote in person.

Sadly, he will do so again, giving the stricted possible interpretation to election day is 11/3. I hope you are right, but really don't expect it.

[Thrill]

9. Imagine fighting to keep people from voting

Jeesh