Supreme Court rules ballots in Wisconsin must be received by Election Day
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a request by WisconsinDemocrats to allow an extension for mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day.
In a 5-3 ruling, the justices refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up to six days after the Nov. 3 election. A federal appeals court had already put that order on hold.
Democrats argued that the flood of absentee ballots and other challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic makes it necessary to extend the period in which ballots can be counted. Wisconsin is one of the nation’s hot spots for COVID-19, with hospitals treating a record high number of patients with the disease.
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