Posted on 08/04/2020 7:55:51 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A federal judge has ordered the New York Elections Board to count more than one thousand disqualified absentee ballots in the primary race between House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and challenger Suraj Patel.
It appears that the limited ruling will not be enough to impact the outcome of the race. The New York Times estimates the ruling will affect 1,200 ballots. Maloney leads Patel by about 3,700 votes.
Maloney declared victory in a statement and called on Patel to concede.
“Weeks ago I called for all of these ballots to be counted," Maloney said. “Although the number involved cannot possibly affect the outcome of my primary election, which I won by a significant margin, I am happy that voters in my district will have their votes counted notwithstanding the Postal Services mistake."
The outcome of the June 23 primary has still not been finalized more than six weeks after Election Day due to vote counting issues related to the surge in mail voting.
New York initially postponed its primary, before deciding late in the process to send absentee ballots to all voters.
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(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Count the disqualified absentee ballots.
Imagine the challenges to mail in ballots that are post marked weeks after the election. Should they be counted? The judge says yes.
Should we count disqualified ballots? Sure. Because every vote counts regardless of the validity.
Yep, a preview of the coming farce of an election.
Count, then recount, then recount again, until you win, then declare victory and demand your opponent concede immediately................
Trump was right. We could be waiting months to find out who won the election.
I think it would be funny if all 1200 of these ballots were for the same candidate though. ;)
It was the fault of the New York Election Board, who supplied prepaid envelopes that the Post Office does not usually postmark. Sure enough, many of them came in without a postmark.
How convenient!......................
Most pundits attribute it to stupidity, which seems like the most likely explanation to those familiar with this organization.
I see this as a move to establish “precident” so that future / other election challanges can be ruled in the favor of counting all ballots.
The thread on this article explain what is really up:
The Real Reason Democrats are Pushing for Mail-In Ballots
Sorry, don’t have time to post link.
According to Lawrence Tribe, under the 20th Amendment, if by January 20, if a President and Vice President hasn’t been selected, the Speaker of the House becomes President: President Pelosi
They’ve certainly made a huge mess of their election no matter how they count votes..6 weeks out and they still have no offical result says it all!
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”,...............Robert Heinlein...........
Just wait until this happens November 3.
Most states will need to certify election results by early December. Electoral college needs to certify results by December 14, and congress will certify results by January 6
With thousands of corrupt mail-in ballots flooding in, activist judges, “woke” state legislators and a democrat congress involved, there is NO WAY this election will be completed by above dates
Be sure you are stocked up on food, ammo, fuel, etc... for the months following.
Torres ruled that all absentee ballots received by June 24, a day after the primary, should be counted whether they are postmarked or not. In addition, all ballots received by June 25 will be counted as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.
I don't know what the rules in New York are - especially if this is the first time with pre-paid envelopes, but in Ohio the rules are pretty clear:
Return your voted ballot. You can send it by U.S. Mail or deliver it in person to your county board of elections, but the return envelope containing your marked ballot must either be received by your county board of elections prior to the close of the polls on Election Day, or postmarked no later than the day before the election and received by the board of elections no later than 10 days after the election.
Not if the Dems lose the House..............
Let’s hope that happens
I have LOTS of votes, dressed in their snappy little uniforms of brass and gray...
The crooks have made a final decision.
at least if that does happen on January 20th, marching up to DC will be much better weather than in the heat of the summer. That would be the straw that broke this camels back for sure,,, i can’t even imagine what colors i will be seeing. When it’s red, its very frightening indeed.
Can Trump order the USPS to POSTMARK ALL MAIL EFFECTIVELY IMMEDIATELY?
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