Mealey's (October 20, 2020, 7:37 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 5 granted in part an emergency application of several South Carolina election commission and other state officials for a stay pending an appeal in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals of a district court injunction enjoining them from enforcing state law requiring that absentee ballots be witnessed by a third party. After initially staying the injunction, the Fourth Circuit granted rehearing en banc and denied a stay (Marci Andino, et al. v. Kyron Middleton, et al., No. 20A55, 2020 U.S. LEXIS 4832, U.S. Sup.)....