It's happened now in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia: Judges have watered down the rules on submission of ballots, extending the voting time frame several weeks and further mucking up what promises to be an ugly election season.
"Election season?" What happened to "Election Day"? Well, that ship sailed many years ago -- as soon as early voting, provisional ballots and encouragement of absentee ballots became the norm.
Expect these rulings to be challenged -- not just through appeals to higher courts, but also legislatively. Pennsylvania and Michigan may have liberal Democrat governors, but Republicans control both states' legislatures. They can and should push back legislatively. In Minnesota, where the GOP controls the Senate and the Dems the House, two GOP lawmakers went to federal court to challenge that state's consent deal that means tardy ballots through Nov. 12 will be tabulated along with those that arrived on time.
Various court rulings across the nation apply not just to deadlines, but in some cases whether envelopes are postmarked and whether signatures are required. It's also worth noting that some crooked stuff has been happening in various states, and these incidents may well end up in court.
The Outagamie County, Wisconsin last week, three trays of mail, including absentee ballots, were found in a ditch alongside a rural highway, according to police. An investigation is underway to determine how they got there.
In Pennsylvania, nine military ballots (seven of which were cast for Donald Trump) were found in a trash can last week. Postal officials blamed it on an error by a contract worker, who ended up getting fired.
Meanwhile, in Minnesota, the New York Post reports that Rep. Ilhan Omar of the "Squad," has been implicated in a ballot harvesting scandle. No surprise there, because Omar is a big time crook and liar.
And in East Texas, a county commissioner was one of four people indicted on 134 felonies in a mail-in ballot fraud case.
Look at all that's happened so far, and it's only September.
It's a darned good thing Amy Coney Barrett's nomination has been put on the fast track. Because SCOTUS may need to rule on who the election winner is. Without Barrett, it could well end up in a 4-4- tie, since Chief Justice John Roberts has decided he loves to be loved by liberals and the media, and will often vote with the dark side.
Sad state of affairs, but it's the reality. Be prepared for some big-time turbulence in the weeks to come.
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