Supreme Court reinstates South Carolina witness requirement for absentee ballots

A federal district court had ruled that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that requirement could result in the disenfranchisement of voters and issued an injunction lifting the rule ahead of Election Day.Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the order that ballots received within the next two days would be exempt, but after that the witness requirement would be back in effect in South Carolina pending the outcome of the ongoing legal case on the merits.

The decision continues a trend by the Roberts court to allow state officials to determine their own election policies and limit unnecessary judicial interference so close to Election Day.

Have they started early voting yet? If so it will have to wait for the next election to go into effect.

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Good.

I live in a Caribbean islan and jus overheard a man at the hardware store gloating about having mailed three ballots already. Oh! he said he voted for Trump😡

It wasn't the election officials request! It was the states GOP appeal to SCOTUS! Tell the truth in reporting!!!

You gotta hand it to them: Republicans dont just cheat a lot - they are good at it.

This is so so so and i mean so stupid

Bravo!!

This is the ONLY fair way, should be a law in EVERY State !

Let them be signed by a notary as long as their State Supreme Court promises to count ALL absentee ballots!!

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Colleen46646347 I’m tired of the FAKE JUDGE ROBERTS TAMPERING WITH VOTING. EXPAND THE COURT SpeakerPelosi

This has Desperation by Lindsay Graham written all over it.

Boo Hiss 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

This is pretty disturbing

Welp, LindseyGrahamSC just managed to cheat another term. LindseyMustGo

Bullshit!

Election Secrecy? Isn't that required? The same witness on a lot of ballots? (enables harassment, influence or bullying... )

FYI... for those who are absentee voting in SC. Take your ballots to your bank or credit union. They offer notary (witness) services, usually for free if you’re a customer.

They are pulling this stunt during an election? Good grief.

Too bad a little effort needs to be put into a valid election.

Here we go. Already it starts. The country is voting. The process MUST be the same for ALL states and not require additional steps once you are registered.

But they r ok 4 payment of taxes without, this is kept so that not just voter signature variations, they go after witness' signature variations with a reading glass. While scientifically signatures bound to vary wit emotions, mood, illness/injury, tilt angle, surface n pen used.

What's really crazy is that unilateral voter suppression helps neither candidate.

For now? themediaisthevirus

What the hell?

Wtf We are literally becoming a banana republic

'But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.' - Matthew 5:37 So, why are Christians happy about this?

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