Justices keep mail-in voting law in place, at least for now

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Protest material that resemble mail-in election ballots are seen as demonstrators gather on Kalorama Park to protest U.S. Postmaster General Louis Dejoy on August 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo credit Photo by Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is remaining in place, at least for the near future, despite a state judge’s order that would have made it expire in two weeks. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a one-paragraph order that overturned a Feb. 16 order by Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt. It would have pulled the plug on the state’s 2-year-old voting law. The Supreme Court plans to hold oral argument in the legal challenge the law on Tuesday. The justices’ decision to invalidate Leavitt’s order means they will have more time to rule without facing a one-week deadline.

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