Ninth Circuit Dismisses RNC Challenge to Nevada’s Post-Election Mail Ballot Counting

Ninth Circuit Dismisses RNC Challenge to Nevada’s Post-Election Mail Ballot Counting

In a memorandum disposition filed Friday (see below), a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed the Republican National Committee’s long-running appeal challenging Nevada’s law that permits counting certain mail-in ballots received up to four business days after Election Day.  The panel—Judges Graber (Clinton appointee), Bade, and Lee (both Trump appointees)—held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to appea…

Republican Party lawsuit goes down in flames as judges dismiss appeal

The Republican Party's lawsuit against the state of Nevada over the law allowing ballots be counted up to four days after the Election Day has been dismissed.In several states, ballots that are postmarked on Election Day are still counted, even if they are received by election officials a few days after the election. Nevada's law allows up to four days to continue receiving ballots. Ballots with missing or unreadable postmarks may also be counte…

Appeals Court Tosses GOP Challenge To Nevada's Mail Ballot Deadline

A technical loss keeps a bigger fight alive over when a vote actually counts. Nevada’s four-day window for counting mail ballots survives another round in court. But not because…