The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lower-court ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic.
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
The decision means that mail-in ballots will not, as usual, have to be accompanied by the signatures of two witnesses or one notary. The Republicans wanted to challenge a consent decree suspending the signature requirement that McElroy had approved. On August 7, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to put McElroy’s ruling on hold.Thursday’s order noted that, unlike the Alabama case, state officials in Rhode Island supported the settlement.
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