Third Circuit REJECTS Republican lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania ballot receipt deadline.

[Nevilledog]

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Marc E. Elias
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🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit REJECTS Republican lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania ballot receipt deadline.

Per Court "we do so with commitment to a proposition indisputable in our democratic process: that the lawfully cast vote of every citizen must count."

🚨ALERT: VICTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA!
Republican challenge to ballot receipt deadlines in Pennsylvania fails in court.
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[C_U_L8R]

1. Annnnnnd... Trump loses again.

How many times does he have to lose to realize that he is indeed the biggest loser. Take your prize and go home, Donnie.

[smirkymonkey]

11. +1000

[Thekaspervote]

2. So this is now 0-14?

[58Sunliner]

7. I saw he won something inconsequential. So 1-14.

[NurseJackie]

10. Observers got to move 5-feet closer to the vote-counting action (or something).

[Amishman]

16. he got the 3 day extension of the PA 'cure' period rolled back

which doesn't impact much and the ruling is consistent with the law, so I'm not upset with that one.

[NurseJackie]

17. Ah yes... I recall. Thanks!

[Karma13612]

3. Wow! Maybe Friday the 13 is lucky after all!!

So does this mean that the ballots received thru the extended deadline (due to COVID) will count??

Wonderful!!

[mr_lebowski]

4. YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO TIRED OF ALL THE WINNING!!!

[Spazito]

5. LOL

[helpisontheway]

6. Is this the one where they said they would provide evidence in the future? Nt

[lagomorph777]

14. No; the judge in that case is still laughing too hard to speak.

[StarfishSaver]

8. Unanimous!

Great!

[Amishman]

18. especially since the 3rd is majority R appointees

he can weasel and whine, but no one believes his affidavits from useful idiots, and even conservatives won't stick their neck out for him because of it.

[58Sunliner]

9. K&R.

[Klaralven]

12. Decided on the basis that the plaintiffs lack standing to sue

We do not decide today whether the Deadline Extension
or the Presumption of Timeliness are proper exercises of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s lawmaking authority,
delegated by the U.S. Constitution, to regulate federal
elections. Nor do we evaluate the policy wisdom of those two
features of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling. We hold
only that when voters cast their ballots under a state’s facially
lawful election rule and in accordance with instructions from
the state’s election officials, private citizens lack Article III
standing to enjoin the counting of those ballots on the grounds
that the source of the rule was the wrong state organ or that
doing so dilutes their votes or constitutes differential treatment
of voters in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Further,
and independent of our holding on standing, we hold that the
District Court did not err in denying Plaintiffs’ motion for
injunctive relief out of concern for the settled expectations of
voters and election officials. We will affirm the District
Court’s denial of Plaintiffs’ emergency motion for a TRO or
preliminary injunction.

https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2020/10/Third-Circuit-Opinion.pdf

[greenjar_01]

15. Keep hope alive, Klara

[Person of Interest]

13. Banana Republicans love having their heads handed to them!

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. Predictably, the GOP's track record on litigation is as dismal..

...as it is in virtually any other endeavour you choose to evaluate.

I really think Drumpf has a completely expectation here. His MO has been to drag every tort out as long as humanly possible, expecting the other party to run out of money, or just decide it's not worth pursuing any longer. That isn't going to happen here.

[quakerboy]

20. Now, be fair to them

They are pretty good at being corrupt. They excel at racism. It would be hard to find a group better at hypocracy. Lying without remorse? Incompetence? Hate?

The gop has some undeniable skills.

[Cha]

21. Rt!