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16  DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE v. WISCONSIN 
STATE LEGISLATURE 
KAVANAUGH, J., concurring 

them.  The dissent notes that the influx of ballots has im-
posed  a  serious  burden  on  some  local  election  offices.    I 
agree.  The dissent points out that the District Court found 
that ballots can sometimes take two weeks to be sent and 
returned in light of Postal Service delays.  I agree.  The dis-
sent  highlights  that  the  pandemic  has  gotten  worse,  not 
better, in Wisconsin over the last few weeks.  I agree.  And 
the dissent notes that the in-person voting option can pose 
a  health  risk to  elderly  and ill  voters.   I  agree;  I  am  fully 
aware of and sensitive to that reality.   
  Contrary to the dissent’s attempt to characterize our dis-
agreement as factual, the facts in this case are largely un-
disputed.  I have zero disagreement with the dissent on the 
question of whether COVID–19 is a serious problem.  It is.  
Instead, I disagree with some of the District Court’s and the 
dissent’s speculative predictions about how the voting pro-
cess might unfold with an election-day deadline for receipt 
of absentee ballots.  And I disagree with the District Court’s 
and  the  dissent’s  legal  analysis  of  whether,  given  the 
agreed-upon facts, the State has done enough to protect the 
right to vote under the Constitution and this Court’s prece-
dents, given the necessity of having election deadlines.   
  In short, I agree with the dissent that COVID–19 is a se-
rious problem.  But you need deadlines to hold elections—
there is just no wishing away or getting around that funda-
mental point.  And Wisconsin’s deadline is the same as that 
in 30 other States and is a reasonable deadline given all the 
circumstances. 
  To be clear, in every election a voter who requests an ab-
sentee ballot, particularly a voter who waits until the last 
moments to request an absentee ballot, might not receive a 
ballot in time to mail it back in, or in some cases may not 
receive a ballot until after election day.  Or in some cases, a 
voter may mail a completed ballot, but it may get delayed