The Supreme Court weighed in twice on election laws this week — sorta. The justices made life harder for voters with disabilities by upholding Alabama's curbside voting ban. But it deadlocked 4-4 on whether tossup Pennsylvania may count mailed ballots arriving three days after Election Day. That means the deadline is extended, for now. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, though. The case could end up back in front of the justices after Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed early next week.
Speaking of late ballots in battleground states, North Carolinians' for now may show up nine days after Election Day. But the Supreme Court could revisit that decision, too. And other legal fights still aren't nailed down with 10 days until voting must cease.
In California, the Republicans have removed some of their fake drop boxes, while Democrats are backing off their fight against them. A little further east, Ohioans are going to be stuck with their limited number of drop boxes after voting rights advocates dropped their suit in the battleground state.
What probably could've helped everyone out during this coronavirus election season was reading this deep dive into why elections almost all by mail work so well, and have bipartisan support, in Colorado.
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And while polarization continues to be a huge problem, this new poll from FixUs shows that there are also a lot of things Americans agree on.
Keep that energy, folks.
— Tristiaña Hinton