Supreme Court deals blow to GOP in dispute over RI absentee ballots
The Supreme Court on Thursday denied the Republican Party's request that it reinstate witness requirements for absentee ballots in Rhode Island after the state agreed to waive the restrictions in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The ruling is a rare win from the high court for advocates seeking relaxed voting restrictions in the midst of the public health crisis.
The Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned order saying that unlike recent cases where "a State defends its own law, here the state election officials support the challenged decree, and no state official has expressed opposition."
The court did not publish the vote tally for the order, but Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have stayed a district judge's order that the witness requirements be waived for the upcoming elections.
https://thehill.com/regulation/511857-supreme-court-deals-blow-to-gop-in-dispute-over-ri-absentee-ballots
