WTF. JUSTICE ASSHOLE ALITO IS TELLING PA TO PUT BALLOTS ASIDE!!!!!!!

[a kennedy]

[regnaD kciN]

1. WHICH ballots?

[a kennedy]

9. Sorry, it's on, and I only heard a snippet

[In It to Win It]

20. The late arriving ballots

Pennsylvania SOS was already doing that.

If you recall the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave 3 days after election day to get the late arriving ballots that were postmarked by election day.

So it's up in the air on whether those would ultimately be counted.

[bdamomma]

34. The state

has already been doing that.

Desperate measures by a desperate man.

[In It to Win It]

43. Exactly! Agreed.

[Claustrum]

24. The late arriving mail-in ballots that the SOS from PA already separated.

GoP wanted them separated and not counted. Alito said separate them but go ahead and count them while he takes the whole emergency case to the full SC.

[regnaD kciN]

31. As far as I know, the totals we're reading don't even include them yet, right?

[Claustrum]

40. I don't know if they are counted. But PA SOS said they separated them already.

I think it would be irresponsible to include them in the total without separate mentions since they know there is a current lawsuit. But I don't know the details of it either, whether they are counted at all.

[RobinA]

61. These Are Not

the provisional ballots. These are actual ballots mailed to people who requested them that were returned too late to make it by Election Day. The provisional ballots have always been a thing. These late arrivers in big numbers have never been an issue in PA because we didn’t have mail ins except for absentee until this year.

[RobinA]

62. These Are Not

the provisional ballots. These are actual ballots mailed to people who requested them that were returned too late to make it by Election Day. The provisional ballots have always been a thing. These late arrivers in big numbers have never been an issue in PA because we didn’t have mail ins except for absentee until this year.

[Bev54]

29. The ballots received after election day but mailed

on or before, in case they hear a case to throw them out. They were already segregating them and I would like to hear the number so we know how many. PA officials are saying there are not that many. This is not unexpected. The repubs wanted them to stop counting all together and SCOTUS said no.

[BlueIdaho]

2. Details Please?

[a kennedy]

17. Sorry, on CNN now, and I guess it is just a blip.

Not that important. Just freaked me out.

[Drunken Irishman]

23. It's okay. They've been doing this already.

[BlueIdaho]

30. Ok - I'm up to speed now...

Thanks though!

[Bev54]

33. See my reply above

[BlueIdaho]

39. Thank You!

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Not a big deal.

[Aepps22]

6. This

[DonaldsRump]

7. Agreed. The PA SoS was doing this anyway

and the total number of relevant ballots is very small.

[soothsayer]

15. Yeah, seems unnecessary since they're doing it

[drray23]

4. thats not new.

these particular ballots have been put aside days ago.
does not change anything. its a small number.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

45. OrangeJuliusCeasar doesn't know that.. so it will get him to STFU! hahah n/T

[Beaverhausen]

5. no he didn't give the rethugs what they wanted

[leftofthestorm]

8. They are saying to keep them segregated but one thing I didn't understand.....

was that Alito is going to take this to the whole court.

[Blue_true]

52. The Circuit Judge from the Supreme Court does not make a decision alone.

The Judge may request that plaintiff and defendants do a specific action, but that is not a decision. That Judge then take the matter before the entire Supreme Court and they make a decision, the Circuit Supreme Court then either grant or deny the plaintiff’s requests.

Each Supreme Court Judge serves on a Circuit, some more than one, there are 13 Circuit Courts and 9 Supreme Court Justices.

[mysteryowl]

10. There is no stopping us!

Biden/Harris will have won by a few states, so no worries.

[madaboutharry]

11. They were already doing that.

This was late arriving ballots. It’s a small amount of ballots. No one is too excited about it.

[Laelth]

38. +1. This is no big deal. n/t

-Laelth

[Claustrum]

12. Not exactly. He said to separate them but go ahead and count them while he takes the

emergency case to the whole SC. The GoP wanted them separated and not counted. So Alito didn't give GoP everything they wanted.

[TwilightZone]

13. They've been sequestering ballots for two days.

[eleny]

14. I knew someone was going to post something like this

This will make no difference. There aren't enough of those ballots to change the results.
This is according to the convo they had on MSNBC about this decision.

So that's wtf is happening. Nothing. It gives no benefit to Trump.

[a kennedy]

27. It was me that put this stupid post....sorry...just caught a snippet and it kinda freaked me out.

So sorry.

[eleny]

46. Hey, it's been a weird four years

You're okay - I'm okay. It's all good. Biden will be prez elect.

[a kennedy]

50. Thank you.

❤️

[ananda]

55. This is Trump pretending to file a serious suit..

.. so he can have his followers donate to his defense
and keep their heads full of CT’s for more grifting
and manipulation.

[eleny]

57. Sounds like his grifting tactics!

[brettdale]

16. they can still count

They can still count.

[WePurrsevere]

18. More info please. Is he speaking as official spokesman for SCOTUS or personal input? nt

[whttevrr]

19. I think you missed the part about them being an inconsequential amount.

The Lt. Governor just went through the whole thing and he was basically saying:

This could have all been avoided if we were allowed to prep the ballots, and trump needs to get ready to leave because PA is going blue.

[whttevrr]

36. andddd...

he was pretty no-nonsense about it.

[ZZenith]

21. You sure seem to like spreading the despair.

[BlueInPhilly]

22. Please put some context

This kind of post is not helpful and incites fear. We are already all stressed out. Thank you.

[marmar]

25. Kind of alarmist without much info.

From the description presented on Joy Reid's show, this means nothing.

[a kennedy]

32. I know, so sorry.....just freaked when I heard asshole ALITO was involved.....

So sorry.

[Thekaspervote]

26. That was in their ruling from late last week. And PA had been putting ballots aside post marked on

Election Day But arrived after.

[Roland99]

28. it's cool. It's not stopping the count. Just keeping them separate

Meh, I'll call this good news from Alito. Basically this SCOTUS case was
GOP: We want to get ballots received after ED separated
Alito: Isn't that what's happening?
GOP: Yes. But can you say it again?
Alito: Okay. It is said again.
GOP: What about...
Alito: Shut up.

Link to tweet

[Stand and Fight]

37. Calm down.

[a kennedy]

53. Right, I just get another glass of wine.

Thank you.

[Stand and Fight]

56. Take the President-Elect's advice and just lay back and enjoy the show.

We've been waiting four years for this time. A few more hours or days is going to make the victory -- once fully confirmed -- all the more sweet.

[a kennedy]

59. and I know you're right, I'm just wanting it to END and Joe/Kamala the

President and Vice President.

[Stand and Fight]

63. I'm actually right there with you. Totally. Having to take my own advice.

Personally, I think the media and it's statisticians are being way too paranoid. This is beyond careful. It's becoming laughable. I mean, Alaska hasn't been called for Trump yet and we all know exactly how it's going to go. It's becoming very hard to listen to them prattle on as if Trump stands a chance. So, I understand the frustration, my friend.

[PTWB]

41. Bro, they've been doing this already since Tuesday.

Alito is ordering them to do what they’d be been doing already.

[spanone]

42. From WaPo:

Even if the high court were to ultimately side with Republicans, the impact would likely be muted: Pennsylvania officials said they are already setting aside the small number of mail ballots that have arrived since Tuesday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pennsylvania-ballots-gop/2020/11/06/064fdf94-2056-11eb-90dd-abd0f7086a91_story.html

[a kennedy]

48. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Am so sorry, just saw it, and freaked, my nerves are shot. So sorry.

[spanone]

51. We are all shot...♥️

[Ms. Toad]

44. Please don't start a panic over a decision you don't understand.

The requirement to keep the ballots segregated was made several days ago. That's the batch of ballots they have been discussing all day as being unable to start counting until 5 PM today.

Trump had asked that they be barred from counting them - that request was not granted. The ballots are already segregated. This changes nothng - at least yet.

In addition - the SOS said that the number of ballots at issue is minimal, and unlikely to change anything whehter they are ultimately included or not.

The next step is for the court to decide whether to hear the challenge. My guess is that when the SOS responds with the numbers of ballots involved and the reality that no matter what the court decides it will not change the outcome the court will decide the appeal is factually moot. Generally, courts don't issue advisory opinions (opinions that advise future disputes when there is no current dispute to resolve.

[a kennedy]

47. So sorry, so sorry, so sorry.....

[Saboburns]

49. The PA ballots were already segregated.

Alito's order is an order to do something that they've already been doing. No biggie. At all.

However the WingNuts will celebrate their big "win" like it's YUGE. Cause that's what they know: lying.

[a kennedy]

58. and thank you.......my nerves are shot I see Alito's name and freak out.

[BGBD]

54. Nothing to be worried about

The late arriving ballots are nominal. We are talking about a few hundred or maybe a thousand ballots. Nothing that will change the race.

Furthermore, they are probably more R than other mail in ballots so they are probably close to a wash anyway.

Biden is leading in every contested state right now, R's should be scream to count every vote.

[Ligyron]

60. Scared the shit outta me!

Jeez.. Feel a bit better now.

[Rice4VP]

64. So what? They were doing this already in

anticipation of such a ruling. It’s a few thousand votes, Biden is up by like 27,000 already

[Catherine Vincent]

65. Laughing at this thread

And especially laughing at a kennedy's avatar.

[AmericanCanuck]

66. I generally prefer to do some research before posting an OP

that would alarm people.

Pennsylvania had argued that they would set aside ballots received after election day and count them separately. Alito agreed.
No ballots are being thrown out and Trump lost the appeal to the SCOTUS.

This is a victory for our side.