Federal appeals court allows North Carolina to accept mail-in ballots nine days after polls close
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 | Tag Cloud Tags: coronavirus, Court of Appeals, News, North Carolina, virus, Worthy News | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs!
(Worthy News) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld North Carolina’s plan extending the time for accepting absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision denied an effort to keep the state’s Board of Election from counting ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 but arriving before Nov. 12.
North Carolina in past elections has counted absentee ballots arriving up to three days after the election. But the election board agreed last month to extend the deadline to nine days, amid the unprecedented number of mail-in ballots as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. [ Source: Just the News (Read More…) ]
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.