Pennsylvania county requests Barrett recuse herself from mail-in ballot extension case

Published October 27, 2020 6:30pm ET



The Board of Elections in one Pennsylvania county has requested that the newly confirmed Justice Amy Coney Barrett recuse herself from a lawsuit regarding mail-in ballots in the state.

Luzerne County Board of Elections filed their recusal motion on Tuesday as the state’s GOP tries again to get the Supreme Court to roll back the extension after the high court ruled 4-4 last week that county election officials can receive and count mailed-in ballots that arrive up until Nov. 6, even if they don’t have a clear postmark, as long as there is no evidence it was mailed after the polls closed.

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