Pennsylvania — an important swing state — is pleading with the state's Supreme Court after the USPS said they couldn't guarantee on time delivery of mail-in-ballots

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• US Postal Service told the Pennsylvania Secretary of State that some ballots might not be delivered on time because their delivery standards couldn't accommodate the state's tight election deadlines, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. 
• Pennsylvania's Department of State has now asked the Supreme Court to allow for mail ballots to be counted if they're received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election date. 
• If approved that means the winner of the presidential race in the swing state won't be known for days after the election date. 
• 1% of the states 1,460,700 primary mail-in-ballots were rejected because they were late, NPR reported.
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Pennsylvania's Department of State asked the Supreme Court to allow for mail ballots to be counted if they're received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election date, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. 

The request came after the US Postal Service informed the key swing state that some ballots might not be delivered on time because their delivery standards couldn't accommodate the state's tight election deadlines. 

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