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Attorney General Hunter to File Brief Challenging Pennsylvania Decision on Absentee Ballot Receipt Deadline

UPDATE: To access the brief, click here.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced his intention to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging a court decision rewriting Pennsylvania’s absentee ballot receipt deadline.

The brief argues that under the Constitution, state legislatures must choose the point to stop receiving absentee ballots and start counting votes, not state courts such as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.