Groups appeal lawsuit over Wisconsin absentee ballots to U.S. Supreme Court
MADISON - Groups seeking to allow late-arriving absentee ballots to be counted in Wisconsin took their case Tuesday to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The push came a week after an appeals court determined that none of Wisconsin's voting laws should be changed because of the coronavirus pandemic. That means absentee ballots will be counted only if they arrive in municipal clerks' offices by Election Day.
Democrats, their allies and nonpartisan groups hope to reinstate a lower-court ruling that would allow absentee ballots to be counted if they arrive after Election Day as long as they are postmarked by then.
“We hope that the Supreme Court will do the right thing and allow election officials to count all valid ballots cast by Election Day, even if ballots are delayed in the mail and arrive a few days later," said a statement from Farbod Faraji, an attorney with the group Protect Democracy that is involved in the case.
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