The Supreme Court late Wednesday ruled to allow absentee ballots received up to nine days after Election Day on Nov. 3 to be counted in North Carolina.
In what is regarded as a victory for Democrats, the 5-3 ruling (pdf) means that the North Carolina’s Board of Elections decision to stretch the period from three to nine days for absentee ballot counting will stay. The ballots will be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
