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sl8

(13,665 posts)
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 06:59 AM Oct 2020

S.C. absentee ballot received by a voter after SCOTUS ruling ... [Twitter]





Trip Gabriel
@tripgabriel

S.C. absentee ballot received by a voter after SCOTUS ruling Monday that witness signatures *are* required. Seems likely to lead to many discarded votes.

[picture of ballot]

2:03 PM · Oct 10, 2020



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still_one

(92,061 posts)
1. Then we need to take this to court immediately that the ballot instructions are incorrect
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 08:13 AM
Oct 2020

There is still time to correct this.


SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)
3. It's already been to the US Supreme Court
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:33 AM
Oct 2020

That’s who issued the ruling requiring witness signature.

still_one

(92,061 posts)
4. That is a different issue. The ballot instructions are not reflecting that ruling, and that is what
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:41 AM
Oct 2020

needs to be presented, for those who have a ballot rejected because of no witness signature, it is incumbent upon the state to send those rejected ballots because of no witness signature, a new ballot with an addendum explaining that a witness signature is required


still_one

(92,061 posts)
5. That is why this needs to be taken to the court again because the ballot instructions are not
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 10:44 AM
Oct 2020

reflecting the required witness ruling, and it needs to be argued before the court that
those who have a ballot rejected because of no witness signature, it is incumbent upon the state to send those rejected ballots because of no witness signature, a new ballot with an addendum explaining that a witness signature is required

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