US EditionSupreme Court to Hear Mail-in Ballots Case Monday
The Supreme Court will decide if mail ballots arriving after Election Day in 14 states can be counted; 127,000 late ballots were accepted in 2024, officials said.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear whether 14 states may allow post-election 'grace periods' for regular mailed ballots, challenging existing rules.
- The lawsuit was filed by the Republican National Committee and the Libertarian Party of Mississippi, who sued Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State, arguing Mississippi's five-day grace period violates federal law while postmark changes earlier this year complicate deadlines.
- Grace periods vary from one day in Texas to 21 days in Washington, with about 30% of 2024 voters using mail voting.
- Voting rights groups and local election officials warned that if the Court strikes down grace periods, affected states and voters would scramble with only months before absentee ballots are sent for this fall's midterm Election Day, Nov. 3.
- Some states already acted last year to eliminate grace periods, with Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota and Utah ending them and Minnesota shortening its ballot deadline to 5 p.m.
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Supreme Court to hear mail-in ballots case Monday
There will be just one Election Day for this fall’s midterm elections — Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states, including Oregon, who cast their votes by mail will be given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and counted.
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Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that allows counting late-arriving mail ballots after Election Day.
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