State Supreme Court Justice Dianne Freestone sided with Republicans in a lawsuit brought in late September, which argued against a law which allows people to vote absentee if they fear contracting a disease like Covid-19. Freestone also ruled that the new process for "canvassing," or ensuring that absentee ballots are inspected and prepared for counting - violates candidates' rights in several ways, including by making it more difficult to raise a legal challenge when there are questions over a ballot's validity.