Ma. : State's highest court considers primary election lawsuit

[RandySF]

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts highest court is weighing whether to grant more time to count mail ballots in the state’s Sept. 1 primary election amid concerns of U.S. Postal Service delays.

The state’s Supreme Judicial Court is slated to hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by Becky Grossman.

The Democratic candidate for Congress wants to extend the deadline for counting state primary ballots by ten days so that ballots mailed by Sept. 1 have enough time to arrive at local election offices. Under current state law, mail ballots must arrive at the offices by Sept. 1 to be counted.

“Our mission is simple: Every vote postmarked by Sept. 1 should count,” Grossman said in a statement when she filed the suit earlier this week.

A spokeswoman for Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, who is named in the lawsuit, didn’t respond to an email seeking comment Friday.



https://apnews.com/79f72705fd2c9a420b31b6d3ac48d6f1

[getagrip_already]

1. is the p.o. still postmarking ballots?

What if they suddenly stop before the election?

[smirkymonkey]

2. You can track your ballot on-line.

It will tell you when they sent out the application and what the status is of your ballot, etc. I am going to test it out for the primary, but I'm not taking chances with the Presidential election. I will use the drop box at City Hall. I have already applied for the ballot.