The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in two cases around absentee ballot deadlines. In both Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Justices ruled that absentee ballots ought to be counted days after election day, as long as they were postmarked ahead of the election. Newly confirmed Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett did not rule in the cases saying she had not had time to review the documents. In the case of Pennsylvania the court turned down an appeal by state Republicans and in North Carolina justices allowed a lower court ruling to stand so that voters can ensure their ballots are counted up to nine days after the election. In the Pennsylvania ruling the 3 conservative justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh appeared to indicate that they could potentially rehear the case and decide against counting ballots after election day. Huffington Post speculated that the justices appear to be “itching to steal the election for Trump.” The rulings are at odds with Monday’s decision on Wisconsin that prevents the counting of mail-in ballots past 8 pm on election day. Meanwhile election officials have announced that millions of mail-in ballots that were sent out have not yet been returned. Some of the discrepancy could be because voters chose to cast ballots in person due to deep mistrust of the Postal Service’s ability to get the ballots delivered on time. A federal judge has now issued a nationwide order for the postal service to boost its services to ensure ballots are delivered on time.

President Donald Trump continues to hold in-person and very crowded rallies across the country to whip up support for his flagging campaign. A common theme is to provoke deep fear about what his rival Joe Biden would bring to America. At one event in Arizona Trump said: “If you vote for Biden, it means no kids in school, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas and no Fourth of July together.” Social media users pointed out that this was already the reality for most Americans living in Trump’s America. Both Trump and Biden are campaigning in Tampa as Florida voters witness two polar opposites.

Election officials are reporting massive amounts of rightwing misinformation from anxious voters calling about voter fraud—an issue that Trump and Republicans have boosted to sow doubt in the electoral process. On top of that they have to contend with the potential for violence as Trump and the GOP have also recruited thousands of what they call “poll watchers” to watch voters. And now, hackers are also interfering.