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Nevada High Court Upholds Mail Ballot Rule
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- The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots without a postmark can be counted if received within four days after Election Day.
- This decision affirms a lower court’s rejection of a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee challenging the legality of counting non-postmarked ballots.
- The court stated the Republican National Committee did not provide evidence that non-postmarked ballots were linked to election fraud or partisan advantage.
The Nevada Supreme Court has allowed the counting of mail-in ballots received up to four days after the election even if they lack a postmark. The Republican National Committee had argued this policy was unconstitutional, but their lawsuit was dismissed.
The court emphasized that the Republican National Committee did not have proper standing and called the case “inherently speculative.”
“If a voter properly and timely casts their vote by mailing their ballot before or on the day of the election, and through a post office omission the ballot is not postmarked, it would go against public policy to discount that properly cast vote,” the majority of justices wrote in their opinion.
The impact on voters remains uncertain, as the court noted no hard evidence of fraud or party bias was provided. This ruling comes as legal debates continue over election integrity ahead of Election Day.
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