The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after it.
The justices ruled that federal law doesn’t bar a grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day.
In Watson v. RNC, decided June 29, 2026, liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices joined a noteworthy ...
A decision against such ballots could have upended election procedures in states across the country ahead of the midterm elections.
Ballots will be counted faster this year than in 2020 — but everyone should still be prepared for a long night, if not a couple days of waiting. Fewer votes will be cast by mail compared with during ...
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