Michigan Court Overturns 2-Week Absentee Ballot Extension

Stickers that read "I Voted By Mail" sit on a table waiting to be stuffed into envelopes by absentee ballot election workers at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2020. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images

The Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that allowed absentee ballots to arrive up to 14 days after Election Day, meaning that all absentee ballots in the state must now arrive by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3.

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens last month had ordered the extension “for the avoidance of doubt.”