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posted ago by 3stepsahead ago by 3stepsahead +7912 / -2

The court's 5-3 ruling means that absentee ballots will be counted only if they are in the hands of municipal clerks by the time polls close on Nov. 3.

The justices determined the courts shouldn't be the ones to decide the election rules amid the coronavirus pandemic that is surging in Wisconsin and across the world.

"The Constitution provides that state legislatures — not federal judges, not state judges, not state governors, not other state officials — bear primary responsibility for setting election rules," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/26/u-s-supreme-court-declines-change-wisconsins-voting-rules/3670662001/

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weezysweasel 13 points ago +13 / -0

This makes sense since Trump said stop counting "I won" and Alito said put those votes on the side. He knew he was relying on precedent. Nov 3rd is Nov 3rd and thats it. Besides, if dem fuckers coordinated pennsylvania beforehand for months to pull off the absentee and mail voting after releasing covid on the world, they should be held to have to have counted all votes on the 3rd and the 3rd only.

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Nessie402 4 points ago +4 / -0

The real beauty of the SCOTUS 5-3 Wisconsin decision is that it is precedent. The four states also provided a clear dividing line for the ballots that can be counted as received on Election Day. They all stopped counting in unison. When they quit counting, President Trump was way ahead on all four States. So far ahead Biden could never catch up.