FILE PHOTO: A voter talks to poll workers as he receives his ballot during early voting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday said Minnesota's plan to count absentee ballots received after Election Day was illegal, siding with Republicans in the battleground state.
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals said the deadline extension was an unconstitutional maneuver by the state's top election official, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat.
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