WYDEN, COLLEAGUES LEAD AMICUS BRIEF: CHALLENING ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS MAIL-IN VOTING

Voting and Disability Rights Orgs Urge Supreme Court to Reject Novel Reading of “Election Day” Statutes that Would Disenfranchise Mail Voters

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Mississippi filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court case Watson v. Republican National Committee on behalf of the League of Women Voters, Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural, Center for Rural Strategies, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) urging the Court not […] The post Voting and Disability Rights Orgs …

WYDEN, COLLEAGUES LEAD AMICUS BRIEF: CHALLENING ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS MAIL-IN VOTING

January 13, 2026 3:50 a.m.   On Monday, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and California Senator Alex Padilla announced they are leading colleagues in filing an amicus brief in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a landmark mail-in voting case that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court later this year. A release said in 2024 the Republican National Committee challenged a Mississippi law that allows ballots postmarked by election day to be recei…

DNC files amicus brief in Mississippi mail-in ballot case before U.S. Supreme Court - Mississippi Monitor

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune   A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court, Friday, June 23, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)     The Democratic National Convention (DNC) has filed an amicus curiae brief ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of Watson v. Republican National Committee, the Republican-led challenge of a COVID-era Mississippi law that allowed for ballots to be received and counted up to five days after an …