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Appeals Court Rejects Challenge To California's Vote-By-Mail System
• Zero HedgeAuthored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A U.S. appeals court on Aug. 15 turned away a challenge to California's vote-by-mail laws.
Even though some invalid ballots may be counted in California under the state's system, that does not meet the burden to show in-person votes were diluted, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said.
The ruling addressed a case filed by the Election Integrity Project California (EIPCa) and other plaintiffs who appealed a ruling from a district court.
"Assuming that California officials have inadvertently counted some invalid [vote-by-mail] ballots in the past, the effect that counting such ballots had on the relative voting power of all votes was the same, regardless of voting method or geography," U.S. Circuit Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw wrote in the unanimous decision.