Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county

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Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county

The ruling marks an initial victory for Trump's challenges to absentee voting procedures in three counties in Iowa, which is expected to be a competitive state.
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Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county​

The ruling marks an initial victory for Trump’s challenges to absentee voting procedures in three counties in Iowa, which is expected to be a competitive state.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A judge ordered an Iowa county Thursday to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots, agreeing with President Donald Trump’s campaign that its elections commissioner overstepped his authority by pre-filling them with voters’ personal information.

Judge Ian Thornhill issued a temporary injunction ordering Linn County Auditor Joel Miller to notify voters in writing that the forms should not have been pre-filled with their information and cannot be processed. Instead, they’ll have to either fill out new requests for absentee ballots or vote on Election Day.

The ruling marks an initial victory for Trump’s challenges to absentee voting procedures in three counties in Iowa, which is expected to be competitive in his race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden. They’re part of an unprecedented legal battle involving dozens of lawsuits nationwide that will shape the rules of the election.

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I’d say he wants them to comply with the law.

It’s like asking why cops who pull people over for speeding don’t want them to be on time.
 
Hmmm. I can probably get behind this.

“Because the defendant sent the ABR [absentee ballot request] forms to voters with the required security information pre-populated, there is no assurance that the ABR forms returned to his office were actually sent by the voter listed on the ABR,” the Trump campaign wrote in its lawsuit. “If the defendant mails absentee ballots in response to the prepopulated ABR forms, any of those absentee ballots that are cast would be subject to challenge and may not be counted in the 2020 general election.”
 
Bless this judge, the Democrats don’t even criticize those causing mayhem in the street. It is their constituency apparently. Look how they treated Kavanaugh. I know some Democrats are honorable however, I don’t find fault with people questioning the trustworthiness of the system with all that is going on.
 
Seems to me verification of signature would be the tough part either way.
 
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Do people compare the signatures? Mine has evolved over the years.
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I was once called by my bank to verify my signature. So they suggested that I print my name alongside my signature in the future; otherwise the check is invalid for large sums of money.

Yes, signatures do evolve and inevitably will be rejected by strict signature checkers.
 
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I was once called by my bank to verify my signature. So they suggested that I print my name alongside my signature in the future; otherwise the check is invalid for large sums of money.
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I wrote a personal check to someone for several thousand that was withdrawing it in cash. The bank immediately called me to verify the check before continuing. That’s how I found out about their procedures for large valued personal checks being cashed.
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Yes, signatures do evolve and inevitably will be rejected by strict signature checkers.
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Hmmmm…my signature looks a good bit different than it did when I registered to vote 24+ years ago. If I wait long enough, that could be an issue as my signature evolves.

Re-registering might be a challenge for me too. Under the voter ID laws adopted a few years back, my name as it appears on s ok me documents would not be considered a legal match on some others because of the presence or absence of a punctuation mark. It’s a difference that is the result of some computer systems not allowing punctuation in names.
 
How can somebody who actually has an education design a ballot with voter personal information already on it, knowing that mail doesn’t always wind up in the right mailbox ?

Taxpayer money wasted because of the incompetence of a County Auditor.
 
Since there is still time for those ballot requests to be filled out properly by the applicants themselves, chances are most of them will get to vote anyway.
 
The publicity alone should fire them up.

But that’s just theory.
 
No it really sounds like following the law. Seriously can you find any fault in the judge’s decision here?
 
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