Dist.Ct. erred in granting plaintiffs’ request to enjoin defendants from enforcing Indiana rule that counted absentee ballots only if they were received by on Election Day. While Dist. Ct. found that said rule was unconstitutional because pandemic created risk that absentee ballots mailed close to Election Day would not be received on time, Ct. of Appeals found that there is no constitutional right to vote by mail, where, as here, state provided ability of voters to vote in person. Fact that some people are unwilling to vote in person did not make otherwise-valid voting system unconstitutional, and state had rational basis to require absentee ballots to be received by Election Day, just as in-person voting ends on Election Day. Ct. further noted that Dist. Ct. should not have entered injunction so close to Election Day.
