MINNESOTA MAYHEM: COURT BOTTLES UP BALLOTS! Republicans in the State Doing Everything to Steal the election

 

Mails with ballots ordered to be set
 aside by Republicans

A federal appeals court ordered Minnesota election officials to set aside any mail-in ballots that arrive after 8 p.m. Nov. 3, a move that threatens a seven-day extension the state had imposed to make sure all votes were counted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit said the state’s decision earlier this year to apply the grace period amid coronavirus precautions could result in legal challenges after the election over the validity of ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 but delivered later. The ruling doesn’t completely block late ballots from being counted, and any ballots that arrive in time are unaffected.

“There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution,” according to the ruling. more