Maine supreme court declines to extend mail-in vote deadline

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state supreme court declined to extend the voting deadline to allow absentee votes postmarked by Election Day to be counted.

In a divided opinion, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4-1 on Friday to uphold a judge’s rejection of a lawsuit that sought to allow absentee ballots that were postmarked by Nov. 3 to be counted. The lawsuit cited concerns about the large volume of absentee ballots and Postal Service delays. Maine law requires absentee ballots to be in clerks’ hands by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.

The court’s majority declined to declare the voting deadline unconstitutional, finding that the processes put in place by election officials during the pandemic provide adequate opportunities for Mainer... (Read more)

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