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US Supreme Court allows SC vote-by-mail restriction to proceed
(CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday granted a request from South Carolina Republicans to reinstate the state’s witness-signature requirement on absentee ballots pending appeal.The court’s order on the first day of its new term is a loss for the Democratic National Committee. There were no noted dissents.
The court said, however, that any ballots cast before it had acted, and received within two days of the order, cannot be rejected for failing to comply with the witness requirement. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch indicated they would not have counted those ballots.