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posted ago by 3stepsahead ago by 3stepsahead +7912 / -2

The court's 5-3 ruling means that absentee ballots will be counted only if they are in the hands of municipal clerks by the time polls close on Nov. 3.

The justices determined the courts shouldn't be the ones to decide the election rules amid the coronavirus pandemic that is surging in Wisconsin and across the world.

"The Constitution provides that state legislatures — not federal judges, not state judges, not state governors, not other state officials — bear primary responsibility for setting election rules," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/26/u-s-supreme-court-declines-change-wisconsins-voting-rules/3670662001/

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skf93 14 points ago +14 / -0

I hope this is brought up to them.

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3stepsahead [S] 9 points ago +9 / -0

It's recent. They got this. They'll definatly have it if we get a sticky

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