Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has resolved six uncertainties about the upcoming Presidential election on November 3. In a trio of decisions handed down Sept. 17, it made these rulings:

1) It grants a three-day extension for mail-in and absentee ballots mailed by 8 p.m. on Election Day. So long as these ballots are received by 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, they will be counted. It has estimated three million votes will come through the mail, twice the number in the primary.

2) It directs the removal of Green Party candidates for president and vice president. Both Lehigh and Northampton county election officials can now start printing ballots, which will be going out no later than the first week in October.

3) It authorizes the use of drop-boxes at which voters can hand-deliver their ballots. Lehigh and Northampton counties both maintain drop-boxes at their government centers.

4) It rejects an argument that would require county elections offices to contact voters who send in ballots without the required voter’s declaration. Northampton and Lehigh counties have both attempted to contact voters who made this mistake in the primary.

5) It holds that “naked ballots,” i.e. ballots that a voter fails to place inside a secrecy envelope included with the ballot, must be rejected.

6) It concludes that poll watchers, appointed by the parties or candidates, must be residents of the polling location’s county.