Swing State Supreme Court Upholds Ruling To Count Mail Ballots Without Postmarks Up To Three Days Post-Election
Daily CallerOct 23
Nevada Rejects GOP Challenge to Non-Postmarked Ballots
Above: Ballot drop boxes in Clark County, Nevada. Image copyright: Patrick T. Fallon/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Facts
The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Republican-led effort to block the counting of ballots with illegible or missing postmarks in the Nov. 5 election.
In May, Democratic Nevada Sec. of State Cisco Aguilar told election officials that those ballots should be counted up until 5 pm on the Friday after the election in accordance with Nevada law.
The Spin
Republican narrative
This is another devastating blow to election integrity in this and future elections. Democrats' efforts in Nevada, and several other swing states, to count votes that may be illegitimate is a clear strategy to steal this election from Trump and down-ballot candidates.
Democratic narrative
Fearful that they don't have the support to win the upcoming election, Republicans have opted for a litigation strategy that attempts to disenfranchise large swaths of swing-state electorates. Luckily, Americans still live in a democracy with legitimate courts that so far haven't sanctioned any of the GOP's efforts to limit whose votes will count.