Supreme Court Could Decide How Late Ballots Can Arrive After Election Day

Supreme Court Could Decide How Late Ballots Can Arrive After Election Day

The U.S. Supreme Court could decide a case regarding whether voters’ ballots rolling in days or weeks after Election Day still can be counted.  Just weeks before last November’s election, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case from Mississippi that federal law requires mail-in ballots to arrive by Election Day. Mississippi had allowed for counting ballots that arrived up to five days after Election Day. The ruling didn’t impact th…

“Federal election panel chair opposes counting ballots that arrive after Election Day”

Democracy Docket: Amid the Republican Party’s broad effort to hamstring voting by mail, the chair of an independent federal election commission said he believes states should no longer accept and count ballots after Election Day — a change that would… Continue reading The post “Federal election panel chair opposes counting ballots that arrive after Election Day” appeared first on Election Law Blog.