Pam Fleming and fellow workers stuff ballots and instructions into mail-in envelopes at the Lancaster County Election Committee offices in Lincoln, Neb., on April 14, 2020. Nati Harnik/AP Photo
A U.S. appeals court on Oct. 8 blocked a nearly week-long extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin state in the upcoming election.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that absentee ballots in the key presidential battleground state will now, as it stands, be due by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3.
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