[EliRoom8]

Was NC a 4-4 vote or a 5-3?

[pfflier]

It was 5-3 but I don't know how different the merits are in the respective cases.

Off the top of my head, I recall that the NC mail in (absentee) votes may be counted like any state does, even after election day.

The key is when the votes were submitted. Almost all legal precedents so far are that the votes must be submitted by election day.