US EditionSupreme Court agrees to decide if mail-in ballots can arrive after Election Day
- On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether mailed ballots must be received by Election Day rather than merely postmarked, reviewing a GOP challenge from the Republican National Committee and the state's Republican Party against Mississippi.
- After a 5th U.S. Circuit ruling, Mississippi appealed to the Supreme Court to preserve its five-business-day receipt window, with Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch arguing states can receive ballots postmarked by Election Day.
- Republicans argue the practice conflicts with federal election-date law, saying ballots must be received by Election Day, while President Donald Trump has challenged late receipt rules and groups representing veterans and retired Mississippians support counting delayed ballots.
- The high court is expected to hear the case next year and could issue an opinion by summer, affecting 17 states with such laws and 14 states with similar overseas voter measures.
- The RNC warned states like Mississippi risk chaos because absentee ballots received after Election Day can flip results and prompt distrust, while many laws protect overseas military members’ voting; Mississippi’s appeal is the Supreme Court’s fourth election mail case this term.
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Supreme Court To Hear Major Case on Mail-In Ballot Deadlines - Real News Now
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a pivotal case that could reshape how mail-in ballots are counted nationwide, with major implications for the 2026 midterm elections and beyond. At the heart of the case is a challenge to Mississippi’s policy of accepting mail-in ballots for up to five days after Election Day, so long as they are postmarked on or before that day. Seventeen states currently have similar laws on the books. But the Repub…
Supreme Court to decide if states can count late-arriving mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court announced Monday it would decide if states can continue to count late-arriving mail-in ballots. The court took up an appeal from Mississippi, where a state law that allowed counting of ballots that arrived after Election Day was found to violate federal law. Mississippi is one of 18 states that accept mailed ballots postmarked on or before Election Day. Fourteen other states allow the counting of ballots from some eligible vot…
The Supreme Court Will Rule on Absentee Ballots
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case challenging state laws that allow ballots to be counted if they are received after Election Day. The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, specifically challenges a law in Mississippi that allows mail-in ballots to be counted within five business days […] The post The Supreme Court Will Rule on Absentee Ballots appeared first on The Georgia Sun.
HUGE: Supreme Courts Bombshell Case: Late Mail-In Ballots on the Chopping Block
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Republican National Committee v. Watson, challenging Mississippi’s policy of counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. The Republican National Committee and allies argue this violates federal law establishing a single Election Day, following a Fifth Circuit ruling in their favor. Opponents, including voting rights groups, contend a decision against gra…
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