The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the extra time for vote counting in the state of North Carolina remains unaffected, against the wishes of President Donald Trump and the Republicans.
In a similar case involving the pivotal swing state of Pennsylvania, the Republicans attempted to enforce an expedited judgment, with the Supreme Court also denying the appeal. In the latter case, the new high judge Amy Coney Barrett withheld judgment.
With the judgment of the country’s highest court, an earlier decision of a lower court was upheld. President Donald Trump’s campaign team, the national Republican Party board, and Republican officials in North Carolina had hoped the Supreme Court would end it.
Due to potential delays in mail delivery by the US Postal Service, the North Carolina Electoral Council permits postal ballots postmarked November 3 to be counted up to 9 days after the election.
In Pennsylvania, current rules allow letter votes to be counted up to three days after the election. The Republicans also want that extra time for vote counting off the table and are currently litigating in the Supreme Court.
At the request of the Republicans, it refused to pass judgment in that case quickly. That decision was made by eight judges, in the ratio of 5 to 3. The newly appointed conservative high judge Amy Coney Barrett withdrew from a judgment because she did not have time to study the case.