MADISON, WI (AP)-- With less than a week to go until Election Day and 320,000 outstanding absentee ballots in hotly contested battleground Wisconsin, the push is on to get all ballots returned.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to extend the deadline for mailed-in votes to be received and counted in Wisconsin, meaning all ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. The court refused to extend the counting period by six days, as Democrats had wanted and a lower court judge had agreed to do.
With the rules now set, both Republicans and Democrats say they are focused on making sure their voters get their ballots in on time.
