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The real election isn’t happening at the debates or in the headlines. It’s taking place in the battles over election rules and is being defined by secretaries of state, governors, and judges. Those decisions, as we saw in 2020, will play a big role in determining which way swing states actually go. And while most people aren’t following those battles too closely, there have been a mix of good, bad and middling court decisions in swing states.
Take this one out of Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots without the correct dates on envelopes cannot be counted in elections, a decision which could prove crucial in this year’s presidential election where 19 electoral college votes are up for grabs.
And then there’s the extended battle over non-citizens voting in Arizona.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a mixed ruling on a controversial Arizona voting law.
The Republican National Committee had asked the court to put a pause on a lower court ruling against the 2022 law. And in a 5-4 decision, the high court granted part of that request, allowing Arizona to enforce — for now — a section that requires election officials to reject state voter registration forms that are submitted without an applicant’s proof of U.S. citizenship. That provision will remain in effect as an appeal proceeds.
But the court rejected other aspects of Republicans’ request that could have blocked tens of thousands of currently registered voters from voting in this fall’s presidential election.
The state supreme court now also blocked moves to clear non-citizens from voting in state races.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t been confirmed can vote in state and local races.
The court’s decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that for two decades mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full ballot.
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, and Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County recorder, had disagreed on what status the voters should hold. Richer asked the high court to weigh in.
And while a lot of people are focused on the presidential election alone, state races determine who runs the state and thus in this case who appoints the judges.
Arizona is hopelessly corrupted.
Yes, thanks to Maricopa County and the Californicator carpet baggers who infest it.
Whoever down voted me has never been to Maricopa County. AZ is a deep red state but that county is indeed infested with Califonicator carpet bagger scum. The Arizonans tend to dislike us Californians. They even hate the way we drive. When people roll through a stop sign, they cal it a “California stop.”
What a brilliant way to win an election. Lure people in from troubled nations. Allow them to come in illegally, and stay. Then give then the right to vote.
Anyone that embraces that is foolish. The rule of law, and common decency, is thrown out the window. The nation is then ruled by thugs. Like a few other very troubled nations.
Also there is the high cost in crime, Islamic terrorism risk & taxpayer money but Dems consider it worth it for all those millions of 3rd world invader’s future democrat votes. It unAmerican treachery, not the way this Republic was intended to opperate for elections.
I moved from commie California to Arizona 7 years ago and been through 3 election cycles . I observed the local county governance to the state – per capita and size Arizona is far more corrupt than California
True but the driver’s licenses in AZ last until you’re 65 and cost about half as much as a CA one. At least back when I lived there. And they gave me mine right there in the office, like in Washington state. None of that bullshit of mailing it to you long later like in CA and North Carolina. I remember some dumb bitch at the MVD (that’s what they call the DMV there) told me it’s for security reasons and benefits the public. I told the retard that EVERY 911 highjacker had a valid ID.
And the only county that made people smog test their cars when I lived in AZ were the corruptocrats in Maricopa County.
Completely political position. The Arizona court could, for instance, have allowed them to file provisional ballots which would not be counted unless they provided proof of citizenship. But it didn’t. And so the election stealing proceeds apace and we’ll be called “election deniers” for pointing it out.