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polster2 March 21st, 2026 1:04pm

A lawsuit by the RNC and Libertarian Party of Mississippi before the Supreme Court could overturn ballot grace periods in the 14 states which have them. These range from 1 day in Texas to 21 days in Washington. Do you support ballot grace periods?

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kanji401 SoCal gal
Mar 21, 3:43 pm

Sure, if the postmark is on or before election day.

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UltraLiberal Colorado
Mar 21, 3:16 pm

Magatards would be totally fine with a grace period if the GOP wasn’t pushed to end them.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 6:37 pm

They are told what to believe. They don't have independent thoughts.

JMG Raleigh, NC
Mar 21, 1:52 pm

Makes sense to me that if a registered voter has a postmark on a mail in ballot on Election Day, it should be counted.

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Liberty 4,032,064
Mar 21, 12:45 pm

Absolutely not. Election Day should be a hard cutoff. A few days prior as the cutoff for mail-ins would actually make more sense.

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Liberty 4,032,064
Mar 21, 6:45 pm

The outcome should already be determined by then. Not to mention the comical absurdity of counting ballots that come in after the fact.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 7:48 pm

Why is that absurd? Candidates campaign on Election Day.

cowboy Evil will not prevail
Mar 21, 12:28 pm

I’m willing to bet those 14 states don’t have voter ID either.

This mess could all be avoided if Congress did their damn jobs and passed the Save America Act like 84% of the American people want.

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LibertyWatch000 Ohio
Mar 21, 12:21 pm

All ballots should be counted by end of day on election day. Other countries do this. We have 100% no excuse.

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Grimmy13 Palehorse
Mar 21, 12:18 pm

That grace period is normally when a poll worker amazingly “discovers” 30k ballots, and all for one party - so that is No for me

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cowboy Evil will not prevail
Mar 21, 11:13 am

I don’t support election fraud, no.

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cowboy Evil will not prevail
Mar 21, 11:23 am

Didn’t you read your own article?

cowboy Evil will not prevail
Mar 21, 11:57 am

Read your own article.

jen2214 Ohio
Mar 21, 11:09 am

NOPE! Only cheaters want grace periods so they can cheat. I don’t care what the Democrats say, there is absolutely NO excuse whatsoever not to get your vote in on time by election night, period! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ€οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ€οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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polster2 US
Mar 21, 11:22 am

Some people make up their minds on Election Day.

jen2214 Ohio
Mar 21, 11:35 am

Nope, I don’t believe it. I call total bullshit on that, it’s just an excuse! Nobody but cheaters believes that. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

martyinca California
Mar 21, 11:36 am

If they can't make up their mind before election day, they need to show up in person ( the way it should be anyway).

polster2 US
Mar 21, 11:56 am

Then why do politicians bother campaigning on Election Day?

jen2214 Ohio
Mar 21, 12:01 pm

Don’t know, but it’s a waste of their time and money. πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‚

polster2 US
Mar 21, 6:37 pm

It's because you're wrong.

jen2214 Ohio
Mar 21, 8:52 pm

You Know I’m NOT wrong, deep down you know this and if not, then you’re just as crooked as they are (Democrat and liberal politicians, and the fake media). This is just Democrat and Liberal politicians excuse that they are using so they can count their fake votes that they’ve hidden in trucks and under tables to use after the deadline if they need them. Give me a break. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€¦πŸ½‍♀️

kattex
Mar 21, 10:18 am

The IRS expects payments on time or there is a penalty! I know that from experience. Credit card payments must be paid on time.

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polster2 US
Mar 21, 10:36 am

The poll question has nothing to do with the IRS.

Zheeeem Outer Banks
Mar 21, 9:44 am

Yes, if the delay is due to USPS. Delivery to USPS means delivery to the government. If it works for tax returns it should be the same for ballots.

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gonzoboy Northern AZ
Mar 21, 9:32 am

It would be interesting to see the data of total ballot count, and for whom, on-or-before the midnight deadline; versus the same data, also including for whom, coming in/being counted AFTER the same deadline (during grace periods in question here). Can you imagine the outcry…from either side…if the difference actually changed the outcome??…🀯

me2knkneez NEVER MAGA
Mar 21, 11:45 am

@gonzoboy. That would be an interesting study. And by how many votes? A landslide or one vote.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:11 am

They must arrive at the post office on time. Just like your tax return. The grace period is to get the ballots from the post office to the election counting facility. Not to allow people to send them in a week late.

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polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:16 am

Nobody said that grace periods allow sending ballots late except you.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:21 am

How does it work for the IRS? Do it the same way.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:29 am

IRS goes by postmark date.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:35 am

Yes. Perfect. Stop accepting ballots marked days late.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:36 am

Which jurisdiction has done that?

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:48 am

Washington has a 21-day grace period, and California allows ballots to arrive up to seven days after the election if postmarked by Election Day.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:50 am

Wrong. California has a shorter grace period than Washington. Washington's grace period is the longest in the nation (21 days). And every ballot that is counted in Washington must be postmarked on or before Election Day. I have had letters take 35 days to get from Seattle to Dallas, so it's not as crazy as it sounds. Maybe you should educate yourself before making yourself look like an even bigger moron than you already have.

WorstGooEver Nuke the Hurricanes
Mar 21, 9:01 am

Typical Republican playbook.

1) get rid of grace periods even if the postmark is by the required dat

2) sabotage usps so they can’t deliver ballots on time

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badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:13 am

How does it work for the IRS? Do it the same way.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:15 am

IRS goes by postmark date, regardless of when the tax return is delivered. So that means you believe in grace periods for ballots.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:23 am

That’s not a grace period to me. That means it has to be post marked on time. But last election they allowed ballots postmarked days late. Why?

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:30 am

Which jurisdiction counted ballots that were postmarked days late? Do you have a source?

FLSun Florida
Mar 21, 9:32 am

Not the same type of counting deadline.

WorstGooEver Nuke the Hurricanes
Mar 21, 10:43 am

Sigh… they won’t answer the question because they don’t understand the basic facts about what is already happening.

FLSun Florida
Mar 21, 5:50 pm

CA 17 days, WA 21 days after Election Day. Several other states have lesser days.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 5:53 pm

So should there be a limit? Florida got their ballots counted in 24 hours something. Why does it take three weeks to count ballots in California? Seems suspicious.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 6:04 pm

Postmarked late, not arrived late. Two different things.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 8:36 pm

So do we agree that they mist be postmarked on time?

WorstGooEver Nuke the Hurricanes
Mar 21, 10:06 pm

What are you even talking about? Literally everyone agrees…

shygal47 Florida east coast
Mar 21, 8:47 am

I don’t care what the (R) or Libertarians in the least educated state in the country may have to say. They can stick to their cults of various flavors there that worship various versions of Lord Only Knows What craven image or πŸ“or whatever.

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suppressedID destiny is right now
Mar 21, 8:40 am

Of course you need to honor the postmark and count the ballots. First Americans don't deserve to be disenfranchised. But second, it accounts for any type of disruption in transit – traffic, weather, North Korean freighter sitting in the harbor,…

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badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:12 am

How does it work for the IRS? Do it the same way.

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 8:26 am

They should get rid of mail in ballots in total except for the military over seas. And the few that are allowed to vote by mail they should have a cut off to vote my mail 1 month before Election Day. No ballots should be accepted after Election Day even if it’s post mark on Election Day.

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polster2 US
Mar 21, 8:33 am

You think candidates stop campaigning one month before Election Day?

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 8:35 am

No I think if you are going to vote my mail you should put your vote in 1 month before Election Day so it makes it in time. If that is that big of a deal for someone then make arrangements to fly back in to the nation and vote in person at a polling station.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 8:38 am

Oh, so something a candidate says within a month of Election Day could change someone's vote. And how would people in the military serving overseas just hop on a plane last-minute to vote? You really haven't thought your position through, have you?

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:14 am

I wonder how people were ever able to vote 40 years ago and earlier. Weird.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:17 am

A lot of people who were too sick or immobile simply didn't vote. Weird that you would want to return to that.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:24 am

It’s called absentee ballots. They have always had those. That’s not a ballot mailed to every registered voter. Even the 300,000 dead ones because the roles are out of date. Go back to absentee ballots and in person only.

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 9:26 am

No I have thought it through. If it comes down to a single statement to make you change your vote in a general election then you are the outliner. Most people make up their minds on who they are going to vote for months before an election. The military can put their vote in a month before the election so it gets back in time. Also thats not that bug of deal because most of the country votes a few weeks before election day during early voting. There is no a reason to take in ballot after closing of the polls on Election Day.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:29 am

Exactly. Eliminate mail in voting and a mail in ballot sent to every registered voter. That’s just asking for fraud. Then only allow absentee and in person voting. The absentee ballots have to be postmarked by Election Day at midnight. Just like the IRS does it. There. I fixed it.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:32 am

"If it comes down to a single statement to make you change your vote in a general election then you are the outliner. Most people make up their minds on who they are going to vote for months before an election."

So what? You want to deny the vote to people who decide last-minute? Why?

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 9:35 am

They aren’t being denied they can vote in person
On Election Day. Or they can make in their vote and risk it not counting by not getting back on Election Day. We have an Election Day and not vote or ballot should count past the closing of the polls if it comes in past that time.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:37 am

"They aren’t being denied they can vote in person"

And I JUST TOLD YOU that people serving overseas in the military can't just jump on a plane back to the US whenever they want. Damn dude, you're not very bright.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:39 am

What exactly do you want someone serving overseas in the military who decides last-minute who to vote for to do? Because your proposed solutions (voting by mail with ballots arriving by Election Day or jumping on a plane to vote in the US in person) both will not work.

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 9:44 am

And I told you they can mail their vote in a month early on minimum 2 weeks early. We have early voting in the nation. Most people that are going to vote dont actually vote on election day. They do it weeks before. If you really are that concerned to vote and you should be I would do everything to make sure my vote will be legally counted and sent in time. I dont think you are very bright on not wanting the integrity of our voting to stay intact.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:46 am

"Most people that are going to vote dont actually vote on election day. They do it weeks before."

SO WHAT? "Most" is not 100%. So please explain why you want to deny the right to vote to people in the military serving overseas if they decide who to vote for at the last minute. Go ahead. The floor is yours.

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 9:49 am

The vote should be in the hands of the pollsters by the end of the cut off on elections days it’s not my concern that someone overseas decides to mail a piece of mail on Election Day. They have ample opportunity to mail it in on time. There is no debate.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 9:53 am

A pollster is someone who conducts an opinion poll. Pollsters don't handle ballots. Election workers handle ballots. Keep on proving what a moron you are.

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 9:58 am

Pollsters, election handler, whatever you want to call them dosent matter. The ballot should be in their hand before the end of the Election Day. You calling people moronic and stupid makes yourself look stupid. Dosent matter what my opinion is or yours is, this is common sense argument and you are arguing straw man arguments.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 10:00 am

You have provided ZERO evidence that accepting ballots after Election Day increases voter fraud. Zero. So how is your position "common sense?" It's based purely on your own paranoia.

flobotscott88
Mar 21, 10:09 am

I don’t have to provide evidence it’s common sense to not accept ballots after the closing of the polls.

By closing the loopholes of fraud we can stop fraud from happening.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 10:10 am

"I don’t have to provide evidence"

Conservative worldview 101. If they feel it, it must be true. πŸ˜‚

FLSun Florida
Mar 21, 6:53 am

Reverse engineer the arrival time to coincide with midnight on election day. I think I got mine 30 days in advance and could track it to arrival at counting facility.

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suppressedID destiny is right now
Mar 21, 8:38 am

Florida has polling stations, why do you need a mail in ballot?

shygal47 Florida east coast
Mar 21, 8:49 am

100 degree temps and long lines - DeSantis and his crowd closed a lot of polling locations hoping to drive down the number of voters.

suppressedID destiny is right now
Mar 21, 8:54 am

Sunny supports all that MAGA voter suppression – he should HAVE to stand in line.

badattitude no place like home
Mar 21, 9:15 am

Florida had absentee ballots in 1983 when I was elected there. Not mail in voting. They should go back to that.

FLSun Florida
Mar 21, 9:35 am

I used to travel, 3-4 weeks out of state was common, and it was often unplanned.

iloveyou3002 Miss the tan suit
Mar 21, 6:42 am

As long as it’s postmarked by Election Day I don’t see the problem. What about the elderly and those in the military? Should they have to be physically present to vote? It is not practical for them to do so.

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bucktheharry
Mar 21, 8:11 am

If only 14 states do it and it is a matter of justice, why would there not be massive protests in the states that do not do it?

polster2 US
Mar 21, 8:39 am

These aren't new rules. They are clarifying existing procedure. Same-day postmarks have never been guaranteed.

Odysseus We All Need A Fantasy
Mar 21, 6:23 am

As long as the postmark is on or before Election Day, the ballots should be counted.

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Think Lovin Life
Mar 21, 6:09 am

I absolutely do not support the unethical late ballot counting.

Just like with taxes, if your ballot is not postmarked on time, it is late. With the IRS, the penalties and late fees begin immediately.

The penalty for a late ballot is that it simply must not count.

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polster2 US
Mar 21, 6:18 am

Ballots can be postmarked on or before Election Day and still take several days to be delivered. What if you mail your completed ballot on Election Day while on vacation in Florida but you live in Alaska? Expecting the ballot to be delivered later that same day is totally unrealistic.

Think Lovin Life
Mar 21, 7:06 am

Poly … you’re pushing smoke to confuse a very easy issue. There is NO way that a ballot delivered 21 days after Election Day was postmarked on time.

Unethical leftists demand that ballots that are postmarked and/or hand delivered after Election Day.

This is yet another reason why we can’t trust Democrats with power.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 7:23 am

I mailed a letter from Washington State to Texas that took 35 days to get delivered.

bucktheharry
Mar 21, 8:12 am

So why is this only in 14 states?

polster2 US
Mar 21, 8:14 am

I don't know. I think every state should accept all ballots postmarked by Election Day, regardless of when they get delivered.

bucktheharry
Mar 21, 10:19 am

So you are upset enough to oppose the 14 that do, but not so much so to oppose the 36 that don’t?

This just seems more like obstruction to change and not a desire to get it right.

Think Lovin Life
Mar 21, 10:22 am

Poly … and yet you embrace the grotesque inefficiency of big government.

I understand your issue. You’re trying to make a point that it is difficult for you to commit interstate election fraud when the USPS is this inefficient.

My response is … I’m glad that your scheme for interstate fraud is being disrupted by the inefficiency of the USPS.

polster2 US
Mar 21, 10:30 am

There is no "scheme." There's no law which says that people can't vote by mail while on vacation in another state.

bucktheharry
Mar 21, 11:04 am

Clearly there is at least an intent. Perhaps that is not a “scheme”, but the pattern seems clear:

1. Only 14 states have this, so it does not make sense to focus on those eliminating it after ignoring the 36 that do not have it.

2. Since 36 do not have it and have completed every election, the burden of proof on why to keep it is higher.

3. Rather than statistics and facts, the debate is about hypotheticals. That strongly suggests ideology and not reason is the driver.

Eagle01 USA
Mar 21, 6:06 am

Only if postmarked Election Day or before…

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