Republican National Committee v. Aguilar
Nevada Supreme Court affirmed denial of a preliminary injunction sought by plaintiffs, including the Republican National Committee, to stop the practice of counting mail-in ballots that lack a postmark date but arrive by the statutory deadline. State law provides that ballots for which the “date of the postmark cannot be determined” must arrive by 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. The court found the statutory language ambiguous but said both legislative history and public policy support counting the un-postmarked ballots.
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