A three-judge panel from the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by republicans to stop election officials from counting votes that are postmarked by Election Day, Politico reports.
The republican-led Wisconsin Legislature, the republican-led Wisconsin GOP and the Republican National Committee filed an appeal with the Court to stop election officials from counting votes that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to six days after the election.
The panel determined the three parties did not have proper standing to file such an appeal.
These ongoing types of appeals argue that these ballots should not be counted because, the claim avers, the ballots could be completed hours or days after in-person voting ends, with the goal of changing the outcome of the election.
However, if a ballot is postmarked on Election Day, it would have had to been received by a mail processing center during business hours on Election Day, prior to the closing of polls on Election Day. Therefore, a ballot postmarked on Election Day must have been completed before voting ends and cannot be submitted in ensuring hours or days.