The question is,
Should mail ballots without a postmark delivered after Election Day be counted?
The answer is,
Yes.
The postmark is the stamp from the post office when they process mail that shows the timestamp of when they began the process of mailing it. The person sending the letter doesn't put postmarks on mail.
That means the voter who mails the ballot doesn't actually control if their ballot gets a post mark. That's up to the Post Office and not the voter.
Why punish the voter for something the Post Office failed to do? If they're fake ballots, they won't be on the preexisting registry, so they won't be counted and a flag will go up. If there's a janky signature, a phone call will be made to cure the ballot, and all will be made clear. Is the real voter dead? We're gonna find out. Is it a forged signature? We're gonna find out. Did someone forge YOUR signature and voted before you? We're gonna find out.
Blaming the voter for the Post Office's negligence is introducing another point of failure for no reason.
From the Nevada Independent article:
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Bradley Schrager, lawyer for commended the ruling in a statement:
“We are gratified that the Nevada Supreme Court recognized not only that state laws should be construed to favor the rights of voters to cast their ballots and have them counted, but also that lawsuits like this one so close to the general election tend to promote confusion and chaos rather than orderly democratic processes,” the statement said.
The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office also said in a statement that the ruling ensures the state’s elections will “continue uninterrupted, without the risk of disenfranchising voters through no fault of their own.”
The question:
https://mynews4.com/news/local/vote-should-mail-ballots-without-a-postmark-delivered-after-election-day-be-counted
Nevada Supreme Court rules non-postmarked ballots can be counted within 3 days of election
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