Delaware’s mail-in ballot deadline doesn’t have to change, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III decided Friday.
Though concerns raised by U.S. Postal Service delays may have warranted a further look at whether requiring what’s expected to be a significantly higher than usual number of mail-in ballots to be received by 8 p.m. Nov. 3 was unreasonable, the current circumstances aren’t enough for the deadline to be considered a constitutional issue, and while keeping the deadline of the same might not be ideal, that’s a decision to be made by the legislature, not the court, Glasscock wrote.
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