U.S. Supreme Court Upholds PA Mail-In Ballot Deadline Extension

PENNSYLVANIA — Ballots received as late as Friday after Election Day can be counted in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, upholding the state court's ruling from September.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined without comment to take up the case, which could have had significant implications with two weeks to go until the Presidential election.

State Republicans sought to limit the counting of ballots arriving after Election Day.

Current law states that mail-in ballots must be received by county boards of elections by 8 p.m. on Election Day, which this year is Nov. 3. Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar pushed for an extension, saying as many as 3 million mail-in ballots were expected to come in due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Boockvar in a Sept. 17 decision.

The matter went before the U.S. Supreme Court, which was deadlocked at 4-4, upholding the lower court's ruling.

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