08-11-2020, 06:36 AM
I am not sure just what you mean by "late ballots" In New Zealand I think that all ballots have to be in the hands of the Returning Officers by polling day. However I have gained the impression that in the US Postal Votes are considered valid if they are in the hands of the Postal Service by that time. In NZ very little mail is datestamped with the time and date of receipt by the Post Office. What happens in the US I do not know.
The question I have is how is it possible to distinguish between postal votes cast before the close of polls but still in the post and delivered on subsequent days and postal votes cast after the close of polls and delivered late?
It seems that the system is open to fraud and this is what President Trump is going to court over.
The question I have is how is it possible to distinguish between postal votes cast before the close of polls but still in the post and delivered on subsequent days and postal votes cast after the close of polls and delivered late?
It seems that the system is open to fraud and this is what President Trump is going to court over.