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Supreme Court hears arguments Monday over late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
The Supreme Court weighs if states can count mail ballots arriving days after Election Day, affecting 14 states and potentially millions of overseas and military voters, with a ruling due by late June.
- On March 23, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Watson v. RNC, testing Mississippi's five-business-day mail-ballot rule for the 2026 midterms.
- Amid a broader Trump campaign to curtail mail voting, the Republican National Committee filed a 2024 RNC lawsuit, supported by the Trump administration's executive order targeting late ballots.
- Mississippi counted about 127,000 late-arriving ballots in 2024 under its five-business-day rule, and about 30 percent of voters cast ballots by mail in 2024 in one of 14 states with such laws.
- A decision for challengers could invalidate grace-period laws in roughly 14–18 states, and the Mississippi Legislature 'trigger' bill would abolish the five-day grace period if the court rules against the state.
- With military voters in mind, Elias said, 'People are being stripped of their voting rights through no fault of their own' as justices consider protections for overseas ballots.
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williamsondailynews.comSupreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounds skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump. The court was hearing arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi that also could affect voters…
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Supreme Court hears arguments in mail-in voting case
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case about whether states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day. • A Mississippi law, enacted during the Covid-19 pandemic, allows ballots to be received up to five days late, so long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The…
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