Virginia Rule Allowing Late Ballots Missing Postmark Was Illegal, Court Rules

Barbara Johnston in the Wood County Clerk's office sorts through mail-in ballots in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Va., on Oct. 21, 2020. Stephen Zenner/AFP via Getty Images

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The Virginia Board of Elections rule allowing officials to count ballots that arrived without a postmark up to three days after the election was illegal, a state judge ruled.