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Cite as:  592 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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KAVANAUGH, J., concurring 

(online source archived at www.supremecourt.gov). 
  Finally, on election day, a voter may drop off an absentee 
ballot at a polling place until 8:00 p.m.  Memorandum from 
M.  Wolfe,  Administrator  of  the  Wisconsin  Elections  Com-
mission,  to  Wisconsin  Municipal  Clerks  (Mar.  31,  2020) 
(online source archived at www.supremecourt.gov).  
  In sum, as the Governor of Wisconsin correctly said back 
in March as the COVID–19 crisis broke: “The good news is 
that absentee voting in Wisconsin is really easy.”  Marley, 
The Deadline to Request an Absentee Ballot in Wisconsin 
Is Friday.  Here’s How You Do It., Milwaukee Journal Sen-
tinel,  Mar.  13,  2020  (online  source  archived  at  www.su-
premecourt.gov). 
  The current statistics for the November election bear out 
the Governor’s statement that absentee voting in Wisconsin 
is “really easy.”  In huge and unprecedented numbers, Wis-
consin voters have already taken advantage of the State’s 
generous  absentee  voting  procedures  for  the  November 
election.   As  of  October  26,  2020, the  Wisconsin  Elections 
Commission has mailed 1,706,771 absentee ballots to Wis-
consin voters.  And it has already received back from voters 
1,344,535 completed absentee ballots.  Wisconsin Elections 
Commission,  Absentee  Ballot  Report—November  3,  2020 
General  Election 
https://elec-
tions.wi.gov/node/7207. 
  As those statistics suggest, the dissent’s charge that Wis-
consin has disenfranchised absentee voters is not tenable.  
As the Seventh Circuit explained, the “district court did not 
find that any person who wants to avoid voting in person on 
Election Day would be unable to cast a ballot in Wisconsin 
by planning ahead and taking advantage of the opportuni-
ties allowed by state law.”  Bostelmann, ___ F. 3d, at ___.  
  The  dissent  insists,  however,  that  “tens  of  thousands” 
and perhaps even 100,000 votes will not be counted if we do 
not reinstate the District Court’s extension of the deadline.  
Post, at 3 (opinion of KAGAN, J.).  The District Court arrived 

2020), 

(Oct. 

26,