Read the 8th Circuit panel ruling on Minnesota's absentee ballot deadline extension

October 30, 2020 at 12:29AM

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday ordered that all mail-in ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day be set aside, setting the stage for a potential legal battle after the election. But the order stopped short of a final determination on the validity of the post-Election Day ballots.


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