2020/08/14

Witness requirement removed

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/us/supreme-court-rhode-island-voting.html C'mon even republicans would not do this: "The court rejected a request from Republicans to block an order suspending a requirement that witnesses or a notary observe the completion of absentee ballots." "The Supreme Court’s unsigned order included an explanation, which is unusual when its acts on emergency applications. The case differed from similar ones in which state officials had opposed changes to state laws ordered by federal judges, the order said. “Here the state election officials support the challenged decree,” the order said, “and no state official has expressed opposition.”"