Absentee ballots in Wisconsin are due back by 8 p.m. on Election Day, with no exceptions.
Conservative justices said it’s the job of state legislatures, not judges at either the state or federal level, to make decisions on state election rules. Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature has not met since April.
The court’s liberal justices argued for dramatic action by courts, in order to ensure the right to vote during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.