The court, in an order written by conservative judge Samuel Alito, ordered that all votes received by post after 8:00 pm on November 3, polling time be separated, to be stored and counted separately.
Alito indicated that Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, top electoral authority, Kathy Boockvar (Democrat), “was unable to verify that all electoral boards (in the counties) are complying with the secretariat’s order” to separate votes.
The Supreme Court order responded to an action brought by the Republican Party to ensure compliance with the order to separate votes by correspondence, with the ultimate goal that they be declared null and void, in another judicial process.
As the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and a candidate for reelection defended, Pennsylvania conservatives considered that postal votes received after the presidential day should be considered null, despite having been received on time.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had extended the deadline for receiving postal votes by Friday afternoon, which increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic, causing delays in processing by the US Postal Service.
The Republicans filed a lawsuit to annul those votes and so they asked the Federal Supreme Court, and until there is a decision, enforce the order to keep the bulletins separate.
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