Also v good news.
US supreme court denies Republican bid to limit Pennsylvania mail-in-voting.
The US’s highest court is allowing Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the presidential election.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/20/us-supreme-court-denies-republican-bid-to-limit-pennsylvania-mail-in-voting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s three liberal justices in the ruling, producing a 4-4 deadlock. The even split means that the state supreme court’s ruling stands.
The ruling is a win for Democrats, who sought the extension in state court, and a loss for Republicans, who had asked the US supreme court to intervene. Nearly 900,000 voters in Pennsylvania have already returned their ballots, according to state data collected by Michael McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida.
The justices made the ruling after an emergency request from Pennsylvania Republicans and, as is customary in similar cases, offered no explanation for their decision. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas all said they would have granted the Republican request.