The impact of the US Supreme Court’s rulings on the presidential election, explained

This appeared in The Millennial Source

With delays in mail delivery and an excess of absentee ballots, Democrats have tried to extend deadlines for counting mail-in ballots, with Republicans challenging these last-minute changes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led a record number of Americans to cast their votes in the 2020 general election via absentee ballots. With delays in mail delivery and an excess of absentee ballots an ongoing concern, Democrats have tried to extend deadlines for counting mail-in ballots, with Republicans challenging these last-minute changes. Many of these cases have reached the United States Supreme Court, where rulings have varied.

Politicization of mail-in ballots

Since the start of the campaign, the Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that mail-in voting increases voter fraud. In June, the president tweeted that “Mail-In Ballots will lead to a RIGGED ELECTION!” And, in a press conference in September, Trump said that “When the ballots and when the system is rigged — which it is, obviously it is — and the only one that knows that better than me are the Democrats.”