(CNN) The Wisconsin Supreme Court told election officials across the state on Thursday -- a week before the deadline to mail ballots -- that they can't mail out absentee ballots until the court decides whether to add the Green Party's presidential ticket to the ballot. The September 17 deadline for when the 1,850 municipal clerks need to mail out absentee ballots to Wisconsin voters who asked for one is set in state law. Republicans who insisted on keeping the state's April 7 primary on schedule won two legal battles in the spring, as the state Supreme Court blocked Democratic Gov. The state's high court said the Wisconsin Election Commission must inform the court by the end of the day on Thursday whether absentee ballots have been mailed. Hawkins was one of two candidates that was denied a position on the general election ballot by the Wisconsin Election Commission.

Source: CNN September 10, 2020 22:52 UTC