A Michigan appeals court has ruled that absentee ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day to count, blocking a ruling that had extended the deadline
Friday's ruling also reinstated some prohibitions against third-party ballot collection, which means voters can no longer designate any person of their choosing to deliver their mail ballots to election officials.The outcome was a major victory for Republicans in a critical battleground state, and a loss for the Democratic groups that brought the original suit to ease the state's limits on mail-in voting.
The state's Republican-controlled Legislature had brought the appeal, arguing that the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing US Postal Service slowdowns weren't compelling enough reasons to extend the absentee ballot deadline or to ease restrictions on third-party ballot collection.The appeals court overturned a sweeping September ruling that said absentee ballots postmarked by the day before Election Day must be counted if they arrive within two weeks of Election Day.
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