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DallasNE

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24. Once Again, Misinformation Prevails
Fri Sep 25, 2020, 07:34 PM
Sep 2020

First, the PA Supreme Court is not controlled by the Democrats 7-2. Second, what the Justice Department said happened is in fact false. Third, the envelopes for the request for a ballot and the returned ballot are too similar, based on the Rawstory report.

A contract employee has been dismissed but it is unclear why as he was apparently following instructions by discarding the ballots. They probably should have been placed in with the spoiled ballots rather than simply thrown in the trash.

These were the very naked ballots the PA Supreme Court ruled should not be counted. The ballots were not returned in the inside sealed envelope so when the outer envelope was opened the election worker could see the intent of the voter, making it not secret. The fact that these were military or Trump votes is immaterial. The voter failed to properly follow instructions so the ballots cannot be counted in PA.

Basically, no harm - no foul. Frankly, I smelled a rat when this story broke. Why, out of thousands of ballots were there just these 7 or 9.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/the-9-discarded-ballots-were-tossed-because-republicans-won-their-lawsuit-requiring-them-to-not-be-counted-report/

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Good soothsayer Sep 2020 #1
This is a good thing! nt iluvtennis Sep 2020 #2
Great! We really need to win in PA! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #3
Excellent. That is exactly what needs to be done still_one Sep 2020 #4
I already let my daughter know about this. gab13by13 Sep 2020 #5
"Due to a suit by the Republican party, the State Supreme Court has ruled LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2020 #6
This is actually in the state constitution DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #11
Great post. Thanks! We need every single vote for Joe here in PA Tommymac Sep 2020 #7
Yes, The PA Supreme Court Has Spoken DallasNE Sep 2020 #8
The PA State Supreme Court (which is elected) is majority (D) BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #10
About half the votes in June were mailed absentee ballots DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #13
Exactly BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #15
The last few elections, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #17
My 4 years away from home in college in the late'70s/early '80s at UMASS, I voted absentee BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #20
It's not political. The PA state constitution mandates DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #12
In Other Posts DallasNE Sep 2020 #16
If you see the voter's name on the return envelope, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #18
You Are Too Fixated On The Word "Secret" DallasNE Sep 2020 #19
No, secret means secret DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #22
I believe it is very similar in Ohio, also. You insert the ballot into the ballot envelope and madinmaryland Sep 2020 #23
Once Again, Misinformation Prevails DallasNE Sep 2020 #24
I hope they have vote count watchers, gab13by13 Sep 2020 #9
That's standard at every polling place - usually at least one - three from each (major) party. BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #14
This needs to be a regular part of GOTV EVERY Election JI7 Sep 2020 #21
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