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Cite as:  589 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Per Curiam 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 19A1016 
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. v. 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION FOR STAY 

[April 6, 2020]

 PER CURIAM. 
The  application 

for  stay  presented 

to  JUSTICE 
KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted.
The  District  Court’s  order  granting  a  preliminary  injunc-
tion  is  stayed  to  the  extent  it  requires  the  State  to  count
absentee ballots postmarked after April 7, 2020. 

Wisconsin  has  decided  to  proceed  with  the  elections 
scheduled for Tuesday, April 7.  The wisdom of that decision 
is not the question before the Court.  The question before
the Court is a narrow, technical question about the absen-
tee ballot process.  In this Court, all agree that the deadline
for the municipal clerks to receive absentee ballots has been 
extended from Tuesday, April 7, to Monday, April 13.  That 
extension,  which  is  not  challenged  in  this  Court,  has  af-
forded Wisconsin voters several extra days in which to mail
their absentee ballots.  The sole question before the Court 
is whether absentee ballots now must be mailed and post-
marked  by  election  day,  Tuesday,  April  7,  as  state  law 
would  necessarily  require,  or  instead  may  be  mailed  and 
postmarked after election day, so long as they are received
by Monday, April 13.  Importantly, in their preliminary in-
junction motions, the plaintiffs did not ask that the District