Absentee ballot
Fewer than 40 days are left in the election, but Democrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates are still fighting over election rules in the courts.
The courts in all three Rust Belts states that delivered the White House to Donald Trump have now extended their ballot receipt deadlines.
Trump's push to have the election called on Nov. 3 would disregard multiple states' rules that allow ballots to be counted after election night.
Mail-in absentee ballots will count up to 14 days after the election if they are sent by Nov. 2.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Wisconsin's Supreme Court gave election officials the go-ahead to proceed with absentee ballots without the Green Party candidate or Kanye West on them.
The GOP is trying to clean up the president's comments so that its party doesn't ignore voting by mail entirely.
The number of rejected ballots in November is projected to be significantly higher than previous elections., according to an AP analysis.
GOP lawmakers were seriously preparing for a flood of absentee ballots until the president signaled that he prefers chaos.
It starts today in North Carolina, which is sending out a record 643,400 absentee ballots to voters two months before Election Day.
Key swing states are still fighting in the courts to be able to count all absentee ballots cast on Election Day.