Common Cause Indiana and the Indiana NAACP are suing Indiana in federal court over what they say is its “unjustifiably early” deadline to return absentee vote-by-mail ballots.
There’s increased attention on vote-by-mail this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The deadline for an Indiana voter to return a vote-by-mail ballot to their county election office is noon on Election Day. That’s unusual – in most states, the ballot must be returned by the end of day (or even just postmarked by Election Day).
Common Cause and the NAACP want to change that, making the deadline an Election Day postmark.