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.
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S.C. does not have a process for notifying voters of a missing signature to allow them to ‘cure’ a discarded ballot. lwv.org/newsroom/press
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Election Board records show this ballot was mailed to the voter on Oct 7, two days after the SCOTUS decision. It arrived on Friday.
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NYT coverage of the issue
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The arguments in the case:
-S.C.: witnesses are needed in case we need to investigate ballot fraud.
-lower court: But fraud is nearly non existent, so denied
-Justice Kavanaugh for SCOTUS: overruled, bc voting rules shouldn’t be changed this close to an election.
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SC does not have partisan voter registration but does provide statistics by race. As of Friday, Black voters requested 28% of mail ballots and led all groups in the rate of returns.
Via
electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-202
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I spoke to SC's Dem chair, Trav Robertson, about this. He said he's aware of several counties where this is a problem: Richland, Georgetown and a couple of others. "It's going to be a problem,'' he said. "We're trying to figure out a way for a cure.''
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"We're also trying to undertake a massive voter education program,'' Robertson said. He added that historically, SC began requiring witness signatures "to prevent white people from helping African Americans to cast votes.''
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America sure is messed up... I remember years where America was complaining about other countries screwed up election methods! Just Great, America!
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Or they could just vote in person now. I'm going to have zero compassion for all the votes lost b/c of mail issues and requirements. You all should have know better than to push that garbage.
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