And Congress has in USC 2. Hasn't changed as far as I know. I think this could be one prong of an argument to get the SC to invalidate this election - at least the mail-in ballots.
While I agree in general, its would be harder to get volunteers and staffing for polling centers if there was not an alternative for them to vote before the day. As a worker in a busy polling center, I can tell you during the entire shift from setup and validation before to transporting the final vote tally after I was fully occupied throughout the entire period of legal voting.
You're right but it's in the US Code, not the Constitution. Still that is the law and there's good reason for it. We've made exceptions in the past for absentee ballots, but those were in small numbers and often provisional. I have no idea if those laws were ever challenged, but this universal mail-in scheme and standard early voting has never been tried before. A based court may very well throw the whole election out.
That's why they need to be thrown out.
The states have the power regarding elections. However, Congress "may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations..."
2022 retake the House of Reps, keep Senate, and regulate the hell out of the 2024 elections.
And Congress has in USC 2. Hasn't changed as far as I know. I think this could be one prong of an argument to get the SC to invalidate this election - at least the mail-in ballots.
I agree.
While I agree in general, its would be harder to get volunteers and staffing for polling centers if there was not an alternative for them to vote before the day. As a worker in a busy polling center, I can tell you during the entire shift from setup and validation before to transporting the final vote tally after I was fully occupied throughout the entire period of legal voting.
You're right but it's in the US Code, not the Constitution. Still that is the law and there's good reason for it. We've made exceptions in the past for absentee ballots, but those were in small numbers and often provisional. I have no idea if those laws were ever challenged, but this universal mail-in scheme and standard early voting has never been tried before. A based court may very well throw the whole election out.