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Republican National Committee backs effort to block mail-in ballots received after Election Day
Election judges process mail-in ballots by opening envelopes and putting their initials on the ballots at the Chicago Board of Elections on Nov. 3, 2020. - Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS

Republican National Committee backs effort to block mail-in ballots received after Election Day

CHICAGO — As the Republican National Committee embarks on a strategy to encourage mail-in-voting — a method strongly opposed in the past by former President Donald Trump — it also is backing an appeal in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn an Illinois law that allows mail-in ballots cast on or before Election Day to be counted up to 14 days afterward. The RNC, which is promoting a “bank the vote” program to get Republicans to pledge to vote by mail, joined with the National Republican Congressional Committee in filing a court brief in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the e...

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