Election day may be more specific than what is happening in 18 states and the District of Columbia, all of which agree. email polls after one fixed day.
Of those 18 states, nine accept ballots a week after in-person voting—and the breakdown isn’t limited to red and blue states.
In North DakotaBurleigh County Auditor Mark Splonskowski, a Republican, sued the government counting the votes 13 days after the election day. As a challenger, he named Erika White, director of elections for North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe, a Republican, who is the state’s director of elections for the job.
North Dakota allows fewer days than that Illinois and Utahwhich counts votes 14 days after Election Day.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election watchdog, is representing Splonskowski, the Burleigh County auditor. Organization posted a social map showing how long the 18 states in question allow counting after Election Day.
In all cases, mail-in ballots must be completed and recorded before election day.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota’s Northwest Division, alleges that counting votes after Election Day is a violation of federal law, which requires that at least one national election day be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday. November. Also, any reference to Election Day in federal law is singular, not plural.
The decision of one court can affect the whole country.
“Election day is no longer a day,” J. Christian Adams, president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, said in a written statement. “In fact, we have an election month because states are accepting ballots that arrive days or weeks after Election Day. This not only creates distrust and chaos in the system, but also violates federal law.”
Adams said his group is “fighting to end injustice and put the ‘day’ back in ‘Election Day.’
The North Dakota Secretary of State’s office did not respond to phone and email inquiries from The Daily Signal this week and last week.
That’s how long each of the 18 constituencies — including the District of Columbia — continues to count votes after Election Day, according to the legal framework and National Conference of State Legislatures:
Alaska: Votes are counted 10 days after the election day and are sent for 25 days in this state, where the counting has become very confusing with the so-called system. well-chosen votes.
California: Votes are counted seven days after the day of the election in the largest region of the union and sent 29 days before.
District of Columbia: Votes are counted seven days after Election Day and are sent at an “unspecified” time.
Illinois: Mail-in ballots are counted 14 days after election day and sent up to 40 days before election day.
Kansas: Ballots are counted three days after the election day and sent 30 days before.
Maryland: Ballots are counted 10 days after the election day and sent 40 days before.
Massachusetts: Votes are counted for three days after individual voting ends and is submitted 30 days in advance.
Mississippi: Ballots are counted five days after Election Day and mailed 40 days before.
Nevada: Ballots are counted four days before election day and sent an “unknown” date earlier.
New Jersey: Ballots are counted six days after Election Day and mailed 45 days before.
new York: Ballots are counted three days after the election day and sent 32 days before.
North Carolina: Votes are counted for three days after Election Day and released 60 days before.
North Dakota: Mail-in ballots are counted 13 days after election day and mailed 40 days before.
Ohio: Votes are counted 10 days after the election and sent 29 days before the election.
Oregon: Ballots are counted seven days after Election Day in this district and all mail-in ballots, and are mailed 20 days before.
Texas: Votes are counted one day after Election Day and released 45 days before.
Utah: Mail-in ballots are counted for two full weeks, 14 days, after Election Day and sent up to 21 days before.
Virginia: Votes are counted three days after Election Day and released 45 days before.
West Virginia: Ballots are counted five days after Election Day and mailed 46 days before.
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