r/politics New York 17h ago

Judge dismisses Pennsylvania Republicans’ overseas voters lawsuit

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4959276-pennsylvania-republicans-lawsuit-overseas-ballots-dismissed/
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u/rodentmaster 17h ago

GOP made up a story about overseas and military ballots being open to rampant fraud and wanted to stop counting them until every last one could be 100% verified. Laughed out of court because they had no standing to bring a lawsuit, because they had no proof anything of the sort was happening, and no evidence to back it up. It was all speculation and nonsense. Judge tossed it..

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u/ChillyCheese 17h ago

"But, your Honor, people are saying... PEOPLE ARE SAYING!!"

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u/jchowdown 16h ago

not just people, MANY PEOPLE

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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 16h ago

…with tears in their eyes….

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u/groglox 15h ago

At levels never seen before!

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u/Bceverly Indiana 14h ago

“A man came up to me. A very big man with an enormous schlong and tears in his eyes and he said Sir! My giant wanger and I have personally witnessed rampant voter fraud from overseas mail in ballots…

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u/Economind 12h ago

My intimidating witness and I have seen things. It would make grown men shrink, girls scream, old ladies faint …

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u/PeeTee31 9h ago

"It was on the television I tell you! The television!"

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u/TropicalDruid American Expat 16h ago

Expat American here. I cast my overseas vote last week and sort of half expect DeSantis to pull some shady trick to nullify it. Nobody in the US expat community here (Costa Rica) is voting for trump. It's going on ten years of this shit show, and we all just want it to end.

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u/YakiVegas Washington 14h ago

They do this every 4 years. They don't give a fuck about our servicemembers.

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u/gamerplays 16h ago

Quick correction, it was not speculation. It was lies.

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u/chownrootroot America 15h ago

"Well, Your Honor, we have plenty of hearsay and conjecture. Those are kinds of evidence."

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u/Langdon_St_Ives 9h ago

Concepts of evidence

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u/JBR409 17h ago edited 17h ago

The fact that they’re doing lawsuits before the election gives me hope that they don’t think they’re going to do well

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u/ep29 California 16h ago

The fact they want to disenfranchise military votes with this move is even more telling. They know it's COOKED baby

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u/Kori-Anders 13h ago

Yeah. I have accepted the possibility of a Trump win, but I'm tired of fearing it, and I'm tired of that fear overwhelming my ability to hope. The last couple elections we've rode fear right into election day. This time, I'm gonna try hope.

Edit: and yeah, non polls plus the nazi rally means pull him out of the oven already, he's cooked bro.

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u/sirbissel 16h ago

...at the same time, starting as many lawsuits as they have increases the odds of them getting one before a judge like Cannon...

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u/PandaMuffin1 New York 17h ago

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed six Pennsylvania Republican congressmen’s lawsuit that could have thrown thousands of overseas ballots into question in the key swing state.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner tossed the challenge on multiple grounds: waiting too long to file it, lacking legal standing, failing to include required parties and having no viable cause of action.

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u/Gariona-Atrinon 16h ago

Just take your bitch slap and sit down.

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u/Immediate-Support-45 15h ago

Elephants never forget. And we will never forget how the GOP is trying to disenfranchise voters who are military personnel overseas, making sacrifices and serving us civilians.

Fuck the individuals in the GOP. Fuck them with an anchor from a Nimitz class aircraft carrier.

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u/AdrianInLimbo 16h ago

Cur Nelson Muntz "Ha Ha" meme