State of Pennsylvania to allowed to extent votes counting
The state of Pennsylvania will be allowed to count postal ballots that are sent by the end of election day, even if they arrive up to three days later, the Supreme Court said on Monday.
The Republican party had tried to overturn a ruling by a lower court. But the Supreme Court was evenly split on the decision, meaning that the extension for postal votes remains in place.
Democratic lawyer Marc Elias welcomed the decision, which he described as “GREAT NEWS for voting rights and voters in Pennsylvania”.
However, a senior legal adviser to President Trump, Jenna Ellis, responded that the decision as a “loss for voters and for election integrity”.
Millions more Americans are expected to vote by post this year because of coronavirus, meaning a delay in counting all the votes is highly likely across the country.
