Election officials in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania must accept mail ballots that arrive up to three days after the election under an order issued Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling was a defeat for Republicans who said counting late ballots would inject chaos into an already complicated general election.
The justices declined to put a hold on a state Supreme Court ruling that said ballots arriving as late as 5 p.m. on the Friday after the election must be counted, unless there's evidence that a ballot was mailed after Election Day.
The eight-member Supreme Court, shorthanded since the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tied 4-4 with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh saying they would have granted a request by Republicans to put the lower court ruling on hold. Five votes are needed to grant a stay.
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