Pennsylvania Court: Mail-In Voting Law Unconstitutional

[WEATHER53]

There is no good reason to limit it to only those people. Multiple states have been doing almost 100% mail in voting for years and nobody ever cared till you were told to

Nobody cared until the numbers swelled dramatically in one direction. It’s fake to offer that it has always been as the current one just was.
Voting is important. act like it is and pay attention or don’t vote

 

[lennypartiv]

No, that is not what it means. It means (if it is upheld) it would be fraudulent to do it in the future.

If it's unconstitutional, it's illegal to do it anytime.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Unfettered "no cause" mail-in voting is just a open invitation to shenanigans, I've said that for years, mostly back when CO first went to it. Drop boxes are another piss-poor idea.

And yet nobody has ever found any shenanigans in the states that have been doing it for 10 plus years.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

If it's unconstitutional, it's illegal to do it anytime.

But it was not deemed so in 2020, thus those votes are legal. The ruling cannot impact what has already taken place.

If the change a speed limit on a road from 45 to 30 you cannot get a ticket for going 45 before it was changed

 

[WEATHER53]

Taking a wizz is too taxing for lib loons and they feel someone else should do it for them or just mail it in.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Unfettered "no cause" mail-in voting is just a open invitation to shenanigans

You DO understand that we all know you are lying, right? That your stated reasons have NOTHING to do with your opposition to mail in voting...

....right?

 

[g5000]

The bipartisan law was praised by both sides when it was passed, but it became a target of conservatives during the 2020 election, as former President Donald J. Trump unspooled falsehoods and lies about fraud involving mail-in voting. Eleven of the 14 lawmakers who sued to kill the law voted for it in 2019.

Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional (Published 2022)

The decision, which could deal a blow to voting access in a critical battleground state, was immediately appealed.

www.nytimes.com

What we have here, ladies and gentleman, is genuine sore loser partisan hackery.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Nobody cared until the numbers swelled dramatically in one direction.

Which was a reflection of the number of covid denier idiots like you. So pat yourself on the back.

 

[bodecea]

That is not what they ruled. Why must you lie?

Lying is part of the orange cult canon.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The bipartisan law was praised by both sides when it was passed, but it became a target of conservatives during the 2020 election, as former President Donald J. Trump unspooled falsehoods and lies about fraud involving mail-in voting. Eleven of the 14 lawmakers who sued to kill the law voted for it in 2019.

Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional (Published 2022)

The decision, which could deal a blow to voting access in a critical battleground state, was immediately appealed.

www.nytimes.com

What we have here, ladies and gentleman, is genuine sore loser partisan hackery.

The PA SC has a 5/2 Dem/Repub mix, not sure this ruling will stand up when it gets to them

 

[Otis Mayfield]

The Wolf administration released the following statement in response to the ruling:

"The Administration will immediately appeal this decision to the state Supreme Court and today’s lower court ruling will have no immediate effect on mail-in voting pending a final decision on the appeal.

"The Republican-controlled legislature passed Act 77 with strong bipartisan support in 2019 to make voting more safe, secure, and accessible and millions of Pennsylvanians have embraced it.

"The simple fact is that despite near-unanimous Republican legislative support for this historic update to Pennsylvania election law, they now want to strip away mail-in voting in the service of the 'big lie.'

"The strength of our democracy and our country depends on eligible voters casting their ballot and selecting their leaders. We need leaders to support removing more barriers to voting, not trying to silence the people."

Commonwealth Court rules mail-in voting unconstitutional

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law, Act 77, has been ruled unconstitutional by Commonwealth Court.

www.wgal.com

More real news.

The governor is going to appeal the decision to the state supreme court.

 

[1srelluc]

You DO understand that we all know you are lying, right? That your stated reasons have NOTHING to do with your opposition to mail in voting...

....right?

So you are going to peck-out that I'm a liar for a held belief?

Strike one.

 

[Otis Mayfield]

The Wolf administration released the following statement in response to the ruling:

"The Administration will immediately appeal this decision to the state Supreme Court and today’s lower court ruling will have no immediate effect on mail-in voting pending a final decision on the appeal.

"The Republican-controlled legislature passed Act 77 with strong bipartisan support in 2019 to make voting more safe, secure, and accessible and millions of Pennsylvanians have embraced it.

"The simple fact is that despite near-unanimous Republican legislative support for this historic update to Pennsylvania election law, they now want to strip away mail-in voting in the service of the 'big lie.'

"The strength of our democracy and our country depends on eligible voters casting their ballot and selecting their leaders. We need leaders to support removing more barriers to voting, not trying to silence the people."

Commonwealth Court rules mail-in voting unconstitutional

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law, Act 77, has been ruled unconstitutional by Commonwealth Court.

www.wgal.com

This is what the real news says.

The governor is appealing the lower court decision to the state supreme court.

Everyone loves mail in voting.

 

[imawhosure]

The PA SC has a 5/2 Dem/Repub mix, not sure this ruling will stand up when it gets to them

With the mix of judges, I have to agree with Golfing on this one.

But I will say that IF it is held up, it should tell everyone the lengths the Left went to on insuring their win. If it was in force at the time, 2 million votes would have been ILLEGAL, and over 90% of them were for Biden.

For a comparison, this was the 1st time this was in effect. In essence........using Gators example, speed limit was 35 for forever, changed to 45 and seen to be terrible for safety for 2 years, so changed back to 35.

And by the way, if the Left manages to resurrect its voting rights bill, no matter what any Supreme court in any state says, you will have this EVERYWHERE unless the Supreme Court of the United States decides it is unconstitutional. You willing to bet on them doing that?

 

[g5000]

Eleven of the 14 lawmakers who sued to kill the law voted for it in 2019.

These fucktards have zero qualms about obliterating their integrity and acting like raging hypocrites because they know the rube herd will let them get away with it.

 

[WEATHER53]

So you are going to peck-out that I'm a liar for a held belief?

Strike one.

TheyNever offer fact rebuttal. Just name call

 

[Mac-7]

No, that is not what it means. It means (if it is upheld) it would be fraudulent to do it in the future.

Agreed

if it were up to me no mail-in or absentee ballots would be allowed except for uniformed military serving overseas

 

[task0778]

IMHO, this is the salient part:

According to a Commonwealth Court filing released Friday, the court ruled that Act 77, allowing residents to vote by mail in Pennsylvania, violates Article VII, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania constitution.

The Commonwealth Court denied the Pa. Department of State acting secretary’s application for summary relief.

In the ruling, Commonwealth Court President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt wrote, “If presented to the people, a constitutional amendment to end Article VII, Section 1 requirement of in-person voting is likely to be adopted. But a constitutional amendment must be presented to the people and adopted into our fundamental law before legislation allowing no-excuse mail-in voting can be ‘placed upon our statute books.'”

Which I think means that the Pennsylvania State Constitution requires in-person voting, and therefore Act 77 that allows mail-in is unconstitutional. Did Act 77 allow no-excuse mail-in voting? Dunno. Does the PA Constitution permit exceptions for certain people to vote by mail? Dunno. [I assume Act 77 was legislation passed by the PA state congress.]

As far as I know, the court did not say anything about the disposition of mail-in ballots in the 2020 election, nor does it actually say anything about voter fraud. But we'll see what the PA state Supreme Court has to say, will they agree that a constitutional amendment is required to allow mail-in voting of any kind?

 

[22lcidw]

But it was not deemed so in 2020, thus those votes are legal. The ruling cannot impact what has already taken place.

If the change a speed limit on a road from 45 to 30 you cannot get a ticket for going 45 before it was changed

It is not about legality but abusing a system set up to help people to vote. Which got us what we see today. So as people destroy things meant to improve a way of doing things, all others suffer for it. I am not of the Village. I understand the Village though. The Village is 2000 B.C.

 

[Mac-7]

Eleven of the 14 lawmakers who sued to kill the law voted for it in 2019.

Its seems only conservatives are capable of learning from their mistakes