A federal appeals court on Oct. 29 struck down a week-long extension for counting absentee ballots in the battleground state of Minnesota in the Nov. 3 election.
In a 2-1 decision (pdf), the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that the state’s plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was an unconstitutional maneuver by Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon (D), the state’s top election official.
