And why are these things being reviewed now? It seems to me that the legal pettifogging should have been ironed out six months ago.
That being said, if the Republicans screwed up and didn't ask voters' birthdates as required by law, they have nobody to blame but themselves. Get the ballots in and let the courts decide. (Not that the courts were much help in upholding the law in New Jersey, but still.)
These are absentee ballot applications. The Republican Party of Maryland mailed them out as part of a get-out-the-vote effort. We got one. We vote in person, so we didn't need it.
And why are these things being reviewed now? It seems to me that the legal pettifogging should have been ironed out six months ago.
Somebody screwed up in Legal, apparently.
That being said, if the Republicans screwed up and didn't ask voters' birthdates as required by law, they have nobody to blame but themselves. Get the ballots in and let the courts decide. (Not that the courts were much help in upholding the law in New Jersey, but still.)
Very sad, but true. The issue here seems to be that the Dem-appointed elections board said they would issue "timely" notices to the affected applicants, but didn't.
:o)