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Takeaways from arguments in the Supreme Court case that could end grace periods for mail-in ballots
The Republican National Committee challenges Mississippi's five-day mail ballot grace period, potentially impacting 13 states and DC that allow post-Election Day ballot counting.
- The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday regarding a challenge to Mississippi's five-day grace period for mail-in ballots, with justices questioning whether state laws conflict with Election Day statutes established by Congress.
- In 2024, the Republican National Committee brought the lawsuit, putting mail-ballot deadlines in Thirteen states and the District of Columbia at risk by challenging whether federal law permits counting ballots received after Election Day.
- Arguments featured a technical debate about voters being able to 'recall' ballots after mailing them. Justice Elena Kagan questioned whether Congress in the mid-19th Century could have conceived of modern early voting methods.
- Conservative justices expressed skepticism toward state laws allowing late-arriving mail ballots. Counsel Clement noted June would give states 45 days to adjust absentee-ballot instructions before the general election.
- A ruling striking down Mississippi's law may prompt future challenges to early voting, which most states offer. Groups warned that eliminating post-election receipt deadlines would disrupt election administration across affected jurisdictions in 2026.
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Takeaways from arguments in the Supreme Court case that could end grace periods for mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared dubious of state laws that allow the counting of mail ballots that arrive at election offices after Election Day as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to Mississippi’s five-day grace period for mail ballots.
The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Monday to annul a state law that allows counting the mail votes received after election day, a case that could change the electoral landscape in the November legislative elections.Read more
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