JUST IN: Judge Emil Bove's dissent to 3rd Cir denying en banc in case striking PA mail-in ballot dating rule.

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Josh Gerstein
‪@joshgerstein.bsky.social‬

JUST IN: Judge Emil Bove's dissent to 3rd Cir denying en banc in case striking PA mail-in ballot dating rule. Bove mocks impact: 'For a voter with a functioning pen, sufficient ink & average hand dexterity, this should take less than five seconds.' Doc: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26196180-paballotdatingbovedissent102425/

JUST IN: Judge Emil Bove's dissent to 3rd Cir denying en banc in case striking PA mail-in ballot dating rule. Bove mocks impact: 'For a voter with a functioning pen, sufficient ink & average hand dexterity, this should take less than five seconds.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2025-10-24T15:51:24.755Z

This is the abhorrently unethical man who served Trump and got rewarded with an appeals court seat. Democrats should begin impeachment proceedings against him the moment they are able to do so.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-10-24T16:05:44.116Z

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Is this his first opinion? He's already earning his pay. NT

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. For those of us that are legalese challenged,

could you explain why he's dissenting?

[unblock]

4. So apparently there was a law that required nail-in voters to add the date to the outer envelope

And of course republicans seized on this to disqualify undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes even if they were legal otherwise.

Apparently they didn't even notify voters or give them an opportunity to fix it.

The 3rd circuit majority upheld the decision that this requirement was unconstitutional, Bove dissented, wanting to keep any stupid excuse to disqualify votes.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Thanks for that explanation.

Figures that a Been A Dick Donald would want to disenfranchise voters who aren't supporters of the criminal in the WH.

[crud]

3. Asshole

wants to bring back Jim Crow. Echos of Bush V Gore giving states the power to take away the right to vote in federal elections or even have a federal election.