A New York appeals court upheld a new state law allowing absentee ballots to be reviewed before Election Day, saying it would would be 'extremely disruptive' to change the rules with absentee voting already underway
Changing the absentee ballot rules now would mean voters would be treated differently during this election depending on when they returned their ballots, the court said.
But early absentee ballot processing was thrown in limbo last month after the ruling by Saratoga County Judge Diane Freestone. She said the law clashes with an individual’s constitutional right to challenge ballots in court before they’re counted. “We have a statute that is expedient. It sacrifices accuracy; it sacrifices the truth,” attorney John Ciampoli told the judges.
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