US EditionSupreme Court hears arguments Monday over late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
- On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, where a majority of justices appeared to agree that Mississippi's law allowing mail-in ballots received after Election Day conflicts with federal statutes.
- The Republican Party argues that 1845 federal laws setting a uniform Election Day preclude states from counting ballots arriving after that date, claiming the term 'election' mandates both casting and collection occur by the specified day.
- Nearly 30 states and the District of Columbia currently allow some ballots cast by Election Day to be counted if received shortly after, challenging the GOP's push to invalidate Mississippi's five-day grace period for mail ballot arrival.
- Justice Alito expressed concerns that delayed results could undermine confidence in election outcomes, citing the 'red mirage' phenomenon where results flip after Election Night; a final ruling is expected by late June or early July.
- President Donald Trump has campaigned against mail-in voting, seeking to restrict convenience voting through the House-passed SAVE America Act, as this legal challenge represents part of his broader effort to reshape election administration nationwide.
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments to Overturn Mississippi Law Allowing Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Three days after a federal election in Mississippi, a postal worker can deliver a mail-in absentee ballot, postmarked two days before the date of the election, to the registrar’s office. They seal and secure the ballot as state law requires, and election officers tally the vote as they would any other ballot. On Monday, before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Republican National Committee and the Mississippi Republican Party argued that this form of…
Supreme Court Hears Case About Counting Ballots That Arrive After Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case on Monday challenging a Mississippi law that extends the counting of mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. The ruling in Watson v. RNC could affect 14 states, three territories and Washington D.C., all of which accept and count late ballots, reports the National Conference of State Legislatures. Mississippi argued in its brief to the Supreme Court that voters were req…
Sotomayor tells GOP lawyer 'maybe we should have another president NOW' · American Wire News
Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor tried to gotcha a Republican National Committee lawyer on mail-in ballots. Republicans and conservatives have long maintained that the widespread use of mail-in ballots, especially during and following the COVID-19 pandemic, puts the integrity of elections at stake. The issue is finally being heard by the Supreme Court of the United States and predictably, one of the left-leaning justices had to get some dig…
Supreme Court justices seem skeptical of counting late-arriving ballots
Share This Story(The Daily Signal) — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday seemed particularly skeptical of arguments by the state of Mississippi that mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day should still be counted. Mississippi counts ballots that arrive up to five days after Election Day. At least 17 states and the District of Columbia count ballots that arrive late, with at least two allowing them to arrive up to two weeks af…
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