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Key Legal Fights Over Voting Remain Unresolved As Election Day Draws Close

The flurry of last-minute legal action comes as more than 5 million people have already cast ballots, causing some confusion over what voters have to do to ensure that their votes count.
A woman drops her ballot by mail at Broward County Supervisor Of Elections Office in Lauderhill, Fla., on Oct. 5, 2020.

Many of the approximately 300 lawsuits filed this year over voting rules have been settled. But some key ones remain unresolved and court decisions could still reshape how voting is conducted in some crucial battleground states.

The flurry of last-minute legal action comes as more than 5 million people have already cast ballots early or by mail, causing some confusion over what voters have to do to ensure that their votes count.

On Monday, . But the high court said the order did not apply to tens of thousands of voters in the state who have already

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