PA Republicans are asking a state court to invalidate ALL mail-in-votes

[Nevilledog]

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Brad Heath
@bradheath
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Nov 21, 2020
Meanwhile, some Pennsylvania Republicans led by Rep. @MikeKellyPA are asking a state court to declare that the state's entire vote-by-mail system, violates the state constitution and that millions of votes cast this year must now be invalidated.
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Brad Heath
@bradheath
The lawsuit is marked as having been filed at 4 a.m.
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[mr_lebowski]

1. They've known this voting system was coming since, what, April?

Hate to break it to you assholes, but the time for the remedy you seek ... is LONG PAST.

This will be laughed out of court just like the other 30+ bullshit cases team trump has filed.

It really is time for sanctions for these frivolous suits. HARSH sanctions.

[dware]

3. ...

They've known this voting system was coming since, what, April?

Hate to break it to you assholes, but the time for the remedy you seek ... is LONG PAST.

This will be laughed out of court just like the other 30+ bullshit cases team trump has filed.

It really is time for sanctions for these frivolous suits. HARSH sanctions.

I couldn't agree with you more, it really is time for sanctions, along with a review of law licenses.

[The Genealogist]

5. They had to wait to see if it favored them or not before they did anything

Win at any cost.

[crickets]

9. Agreed on sanctions.

Without repercussions to slow the tide of one frivolous lawsuit after another, this sort of nonsense will continue.

[StarfishSaver]

10. Laches

[dware]

2. And, like every other lawsuit brought before the Courts,

this too will end up in epic failure.

[Thekaspervote]

4. How many voters in PA would be disenfranchised?

[Windy City Charlie]

6. Didn't these same people

Didn't these same people enact these very same rules? So, they're suing against the very same rules they put in place.

[gratuitous]

7. Waaah! I don't like this game

Change the rules after I lose!

Fucking spoiled children.

[rsdsharp]

8. Plaintiffs' claim are barred by the doctrine of

laches.

Act of October 31, 2019? You sat on your rights for nearly 13 months — until after the election was over and you lost. LACHES motherfuckers!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. I did not know what the doctrine of laches is.

For those as uniformed,

The doctrine of laches is based on the maxim that "equity aids the vigilant and not those who slumber on their rights." (Black's Law Dictionary). The outcome is that a legal right or claim will not be enforced or allowed if a long delay in asserting the right or claim has prejudiced the adverse party.

[rsdsharp]

18. Thanks. I probably should have posted that or something similar.

With all due respect to Black’s, it does not have to be a “long” delay. Laches is usually invoked when the claim falls within the statute of limitations, but the delay in filing prejudices the defending party. It can be invoked in both law and equity.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. Since you clearly knew what it meant, it probably didn't seem

necessary. But this is what I just love about the internet. Stuff like this takes seconds to find.

[struggle4progress]

11. "I actually got phone calls from people encouraging me to vote for Democrats! It was outrageous!

How can America survive such a conspiracy?"

[Seasider]

13. Do these Republicans realize a lot of those mail-in votes were for Trump?

Yes Biden got the Lion share (hence his victory) but this is a ridiculous complaint.

[obamanut2012]

21. He also hates the military, since military votes are mail-in

[keithbvadu2]

22. They would deny our military members the ability to vote.

That makes good pr?

[Roland99]

14. This will get laughed out of court. The timing of the filing is ridiculous

I’m sure the judge will be NOT happy

[Roland99]

15. Besides, they passed laws to allow for this type of mail in ballot voting months ago.

[Roland99]

16. This right here will be enough to get this dismissed

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It faces some obvious challenges, not the least of which is why the plaintiffs waited more than a year - until after their preferred candidate lost the election - to bring the challenge.

Much like other cases that have been dismissed for waiting too long to file claims.

[58Sunliner]

17. JHC.

[bif]

20. Are they totally shameless?