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US Supreme Court Upholds Wisconsin Mail-In Ballot Deadline

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   The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that voters in the U.S. state of
   Wisconsin need to return their ballots to election officials by the
   time polls close on November 3 in order to be counted.

   The court sided with Republicans who challenged an earlier decision by
   a lower court judge to extend the deadline to accept any ballots that
   were postmarked by November 3 but arrived by November 9.

   Ballot deadlines vary by state, and as legal challenges have played out
   in recent weeks, the courts have generally supported rules put in place
   by state legislatures or election officials.

   "No one doubts that conducting a national election amid a pandemic
   poses serious challenges," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring
   opinion."But none of that means individual judges may improvise with
   their own election rules in place of those the people's representatives
   have adopted."

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