NEW: Pennsylvania must count ballots received by Nov. 6 — in many cases even without a clear Election Day postmark — after the US Supreme Court split 4-4 on a challenge brought by Republicans. More to come.
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Tonight's 4-4 vote from SCOTUS is a win for Democrats and a loss for Republicans in Pennsylvania — it leaves in place a state Supreme court ruling that requires election officials to accept mail-in ballots through Nov. 6 buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
What this 4-4 order does *not* do is resolve the myriad other legal challenges around how states are handling mail-in voting during the pandemic that are still pending before SCOTUS or trickling up through the lower courts buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Senate Republicans are on track to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat as early as next week. Pressed by Dems during last week's hearings to commit to recusing from election cases, she demurred buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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