1/4 A line in SCOTUS order is causing confusion: "in order to be counted in this election a voter's absentee ballot must be either (i) postmarked by election day [4/7/20], & received by [4/13/20] at 4:00pm, or (ii) hand-delivered as provided under state law by [4/7/20] at 8:00pm"
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3/4 Plus, key operative language of SCOTUS is at start: "District Court's order granting preliminary injunction is stayed to the extent it requires the State to count absentee ballots postmarked after April 7, 2020." This shows SCOTUS is only limiting what federal court can order
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4/4 It's essential to understand procedural posture of SCOTUS stay, & specific issue before SCOTUS, to see that SCOTUS is not blocking how state law counts ballots, only what federal court can order in preliminary injunction ruling. Alas, it seems like this isn't well understood
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That's not going to happen.
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Thus the WI legislature is free to change the law to allow votes cast after the election to be counted, should they so choose. They just cannot count votes cast after the election under existing state law.
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