NEW: In court hearing, 150,000 ballots delivered *yesterday* by US Postal Service.

[Nevilledog]

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Scott MacFarlane
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NEW: In court hearing, 150,000 ballots delivered *yesterday* by US Postal Service. These include large numbers of ballots put in mail Sunday. Including in Atlanta !!!
9:06 AM · Nov 5, 2020

Are these on top of what's left to count in GA?

[Farmgirl1961]

1. Wondering the same thing

What about all those ballots in Florida????

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. That's what I want to know!

[Drunken Irishman]

3. No. Georgia says your ballot must be received by election day.

So, those ballots won't count.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Even if they were illegally delayed?

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Yes. The idea is that you've had plenty of time to vote.

That's why the deadline was reinstated back in October. Plus, there were plenty of other options available to vote. It sucks but people need to be mindful of these things when they wait until the weekend before the election to mail their ballots.

[LisaL]

15. The idea is wrong.

In many cases ballots arrived late. Some people never got their ballots.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. It doesn't matter. That's the law.

And that likely means any legal battle will be tossed out based on that fact. It sucks but that's how the Georgia courts ruled.

[LisaL]

33. I know, but as we can see, it was confusing in GA.

Originally they were told they would get 3 extra days, then the court ruled they weren't.
But not everybody is up to date on the latest court ruling.

[CousinIT]

27. Do people seriously think ballots mailed 3 days before election day (over weekend) will get there

on time?

Seriously?

I guess they do. Magical thinking, complacency and carelessness.

[Drunken Irishman]

30. Some people are completely disconnected from the world.

It's strange. I bet there's a lot of people who likely don't even realize there's issues with the mail.

[dhill926]

35. yep...and it's scary, but that's the way it is...

[EVDebsforPresident]

10. Could the courts order them counted?

Seeing as though DeJoy failed to comply with Judge Sullivan’s order?

[TheRealNorth]

22. Doubtful

I am pretty the Supreme Court would say no. I think the first thing they should look at is postmark date (if there is one) to determine how long they may have been sitting.

[In It to Win It]

29. I doubt it. The court likely will follow Georgia law even if the ballots were stuck in postal land

for 2 weeks

[LisaL]

11. Did the court ruled on this?

"A: For now, absentee ballots would be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day and received at county election offices within three days afterward, according to a judge’s ruling. However, the secretary of state’s office is appealing that decision and seeking to reinstate a state law that sets the deadline at 7 p.m. on Election Day."

https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-to-vote-by-mail-in-georgias-general-election/ECTWKFHJTFA55EGOOGWB3OVCRY/

[Drunken Irishman]

13. Yes.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-georgia-general-elections-voting-rights-f7ef69c7f79ddc036a14f76a00a4870d

[LisaL]

24. Can this be appealed?

NT

[Drunken Irishman]

25. If it could, I assume they would have back in October.

But maybe?

[Amaryllis]

36. You have to look at who the SOS is in GEorgia. Not exactly into making it easier for people to vote.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Any of these in Miami?

Still thinking something bad happened there.

[beachbumbob]

6. this worthy of a lawsuit by team Biden, if needed

This falls under federal courts.

[bdamomma]

7. Those ballots

are probably in a warehouse just sitting there.

[wiggs]

9. Likely they will be counted separately and lawsuits/legal argument will decide if they

become official.

Judge Sullivan's order that USPS sweep for ballots will play into this.

[WSHazel]

12. Trump will decide if he is for or against them being counted

once he knows how today's count in Georgia goes.

[W_HAMILTON]

14. Ridiculous.

One of the Biden administration's top priorities should be investigating and prosecuting DeJoy and whoever else was involved in this disenfranchisement.

[BComplex]

16. DeJoy really needs to go to jail.

I hope judge Sullivan puts DeJoy's ass UNDER the jail!

He has single-handedly made this the biggest clusterf*** in history.

[onetexan]

23. Can't agree more. Going forward Biden team/Dems need to legislate laws to protect the USPS

and ensure no shenanigans going forward.

[Baitball Blogger]

34. _1

[Roland99]

18. What is the legal answer to whether states can include them?

[greenjar_01]

21. It's a state-by-state decision

[Demsrule86]

19. They wont be counted in GA.

[greenjar_01]

20. Sorry to be the one to say this

But if you put your ballot in the mail on Sunday for a Tuesday delivery in a state that doesn't count ballots received AFTER election day, you're an idiot, and don't deserve to have your vote counted. The rules are clear.

[LisaL]

26. Not really all that clear if you see my link.

They were going to get 3 extra days but that was appealed and denied. But originally they were told they were getting 3 extra days.

"A: For now, absentee ballots would be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day and received at county election offices within three days afterward, according to a judge’s ruling. However, the secretary of state’s office is appealing that decision and seeking to reinstate a state law that sets the deadline at 7 p.m. on Election Day."

https://www.ajc.com/politics/how-to-vote-by-mail-in-georgias-general-election/ECTWKFHJTFA55EGOOGWB3OVCRY/

[greenjar_01]

28. Fair enough

I wouldn't chance it, though.

[LisaL]

31. Neither would I, but many people are not up to date on the latest court rulings.

They might have believed they had 3 extra days.

[Alhena]

32. If that's nationwide, I'm relieved there aren't more such late ballots- SCOTUS will likely strike

them in PA.