It's a rare public correction by a justice that comes as the court is facing multiple appeals on voting access and mail-in ballots in the days before the presidential election. Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion that cited Vermont as a state that hadn't made changes to its "ordinary election rules." However, Vermont had made significant changes, Secretary of State Jim Condos said when he formally asked Kavanaugh in a letter on Wednesday to correct the concurring opinion. Vermont, Condos explained, had for the first time sent mail-in ballots to every registered voter and also began counting votes earlier than in previous years. Those actions meant Vermont did not have to change its Election Day deadline to receive mail-in ballots, Condos said.

Source: CNN October 28, 2020 21:31 UTC