Monday, October 24, 2022

NY Judge Delivers Blow to Democrats’ Plans to Use Covid ‘Emergency’ as Indefinite Excuse for Mail-In Ballots

 A New York judge has delivered a massive blow to states that intend to use the Covid "emergency" as a justification for no-excuse absentee ballots

  • Saratoga County Supreme Court Justice Dianne Freestone dismantled the Democratic Party's attempt to make the practice permanent
  • The 28-page ruling"ordered local election boards to stop counting absentee ballots they've already received and to 'preserve' them until after Election Day on Nov. 8 or after the resolution of a lawsuit filed by Republicans in the state. The ruling does not invalidate ballots that have already been mailed."

The New York Post also notes that another ramification of the decision is the" overturning of a state law that blocks people from changing their mail-in votes by showing up to cast in-person ballots on Election Day."

  • However, this does not affect the time and way absentee ballots are counted.

https://beckernews.com/ny-judge-delivers-blow-to-democrats-plans-to-use-covid-emergency-as-indefinite-excuse-for-mail-in-ballots-47595/

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