Supreme Court Rejects Democrats on Wisconsin Ballot Deadline (1)

A divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected Democratic calls to reinstate a six-day extension for the receipt of mail ballots in Wisconsin, a state that is experiencing a surge of Covid-19 cases and could be pivotal in the presidential election.

The 5-3 rebuff means ballots must be received by Election Day to count in the state. Democrats were seeking to revive an extension that had been ordered by a federal trial judge and then blocked by an appeals court. The order came just before the Senate voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to fill the high court’s vacancy.

The court as ...