Petition is part of ongoing Republican challenge to extended deadlines for absentee ballots.
The campaigns for President Donald Trump and GOP state legislative candidates are asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to segregate all mailed ballots received after Election Day.
In the latest action challenging Minnesota’s seven-day extension for absentee ballots, the campaigns petitioned the court on Wednesday to separate ballots arriving after Tuesday in case of legal challenges to their validity.
A federal appeals court is currently weighing a separate Republican challenge to the extended deadline, which was part of an earlier state court approved agreement with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. Continue reading.