Nevada high court decides mail ballots with smudged or missing postmarks can be counted
apOCT 2024
Nevada Rejects GOP Challenge to Non-Postmarked Ballots
Above: Ballot drop boxes in Clark County, Nevada. Image copyright: Patrick T. Fallon/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
This is another devastating blow to election integrity in this and future elections. Democrats' efforts in Nevada, and several other swing states, to count votes that may be illegitimate is a clear strategy to steal this election from Trump and down-ballot candidates.
Democratic narrative
Fearful that they don't have the support to win the upcoming election, Republicans have opted for a litigation strategy that attempts to disenfranchise large swaths of swing-state electorates. Luckily, Americans still live in a democracy with legitimate courts that so far haven't sanctioned any of the GOP's efforts to limit whose votes will count.