Supreme Court Weighs Mail Ballot Grace Periods for Military Voters
Advocates say 11% of eligible overseas voters cast ballots in 2024, and they warn late mail delivery could disenfranchise military families.
- The Supreme Court is expected to rule before the end of the month in Watson v. Republican National Committee, determining if states can count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward.
- Challenging state grace periods, the Republican National Committee and Mississippi Republican Party filed a January 2024 lawsuit alleging the laws conflict with federal statutes defining Election Day as a single, specific Tuesday.
- Thirty states have grace-period laws specifically for military and overseas ballots postmarked by Election Day, while 14 states allow grace periods for all absentee ballots received within five business days.
- "Sailors are not less American because they're harder to reach," Veterans for All Voters CEO Alberto Ramos said Thursday, emphasizing military voters' voting rights remain at stake amid potential grace-period elimination.
- Secure Democracy Foundation policy director Daniel Griffith warned Thursday that impacted states may need to update ballot procedures rapidly to comply with the court's decision before November's midterm election.
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