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Roberts Sides With Liberals: SCOTUS Allows PA To Accept Ballots Three Days Late

Hank Berrien
Roberts Sides With Liberals: SCOTUS Allows PA To Accept Ballots Three Days Late
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On Monday, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberal justices on the Supreme Court to deny Republicans’ request to put a hold on a lower court’s order that would permit Pennsylvania ballots to be counted even if they arrived three days after the presidential election.

The lower court had ruled that if the ballots were postmarked by Election Day, they still had three days to be counted.

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