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It's about time! Since when do governors get to change election laws at the stroke of a pen?
New York judge rules voting by mail due to COVID fears is unconstitutional
Saratoga County Supreme Court Justice Dianne Freestone ruled that voting by mail over coronavirus fears is unconstitutional, notching a win for Republicans in the state.
www.foxnews.com
A judge in New York ruled that voting by mail over fears of the coronavirus is unconstitutional.
The Democrat-controlled legislature "appears poised to continue the expanded absentee voting provisions of New York State Election Law … in an Orwellian perpetual state of health emergency and cloaked in the veneer of ‘voter enfranchisement,'" Saratoga County Supreme Court Justice Dianne Freestone, a Republican, wrote in her ruling Friday.
The 28-page ruling ordered local election boards to stop counting absentee ballots they’ve already received and to "preserve" them until after Election Day on Nov. 8 or after the resolution of a lawsuit filed by Republicans in the state. The ruling does not invalidate ballots that have already been mailed