Supreme Court Allows Waiver of Rhode Island Absentee Ballot Witness Requirement

Supreme Court Allows Waiver of Rhode Island Absentee Ballot Witness Requirement
The Supreme Court in Washington on July 8, 2020. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court rebuffed a request by Republicans to reinstate a requirement waived by Rhode Island officials on public health grounds that absentee ballots be witnessed.

Rhode Island has four of the 270 electoral votes a candidate needs to be elected president. Democrat Hillary Clinton easily carried the state in 2016 against Republican Donald Trump by 15.5 percentage points.

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