On Monday, the Supreme Court prevented Wisconsin from continuing to count mailed ballots received after Election Day. They strongly suggested Republicans were likely to prevail and have any votes received after Election Day invalidated. ADADIn an interview with The Washington Post earlier Thursday, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said a ruling against the state could disenfranchise an unknown number of state voters. Postal Service said was the last day to postmark ballots to guarantee their arrival by Election Day. “With that said, we conclude the challenges that will stem from this ruling are preferable to a post-election scenario where mail-in votes, received after the statutory deadline, are either intermingled with ballots received on time or invalidated without prior warning.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2020 01:03 UTC