South Carolina officials want to bring back ballot witness requirement

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South Carolina officials are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower court ruling that suspends the requirement for mail-in ballots to be signed by a witness as well as the voter.

to block a lower court ruling that suspends the requirement for mail-in ballots to be signed by a witness as well as the voter.

In adopting some accommodations for the coronavirus pandemic, the state Legislature deliberately refused to suspend the requirement, considering it a tool for deterring fraud. But in response to a lawsuit from Democrats, a federal judgeState officials say more than 150,000 absentee ballots have already been mailed out.

Their emergency appeal was directed to Chief Justice John Roberts, who handles cases from the Fourth Circuit. He will likely ask for a response from South Carolina Democrats and then refer to the case to the full court.that had suspended a requirement for two witness signatures on mail ballots in Rhode Island. In that case, however, the secretary of state favored suspending the witness requirement. In South Carolina, the election officials want to keep the requirement active.

 

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