A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked an attempt Tuesday by the Arizona Democratic Party to allow voters who did not sign their ballots to correct their mistake for up to five days after the voting has ended. The law currently requires that early voters have their ballots signed by 7:00 PM on election day for the vote to count.

After the Arizona Democratic Party brought suit against Arizona’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs requesting a procedure that would grant this extra time for signing the ballot, the district court enjoined the law and ordered the state to create such a procedure. The state appealed to the Ninth Circuit, which granted a stay of the district court’s injunction requiring such a procedure.

The Ninth Circuit has not yet ruled on the issue; it simply rejected the district court’s granting of an injunction to require a procedure for signing a ballot for up to five days after election day. However, in rejecting the district court’s injunction, the Ninth Circuit held that the state is likely to succeed on the merits because the signature deadline imposes, “at most, a ‘minimal’ burden on those who seek to exercise their right to vote.” The court particularly highlighted that erroneous signings could be amended, just not a complete failure to sign the ballot.