US Supreme Court allows late-arriving mail-in ballots in defeat for Trump
Summary
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that some states can count mail-in ballots that arrive up to five days after election day if they were sent before election day. This decision upheld a Mississippi law and rejected President Donald Trump’s challenge to limit the deadline for receiving ballots.Key Facts
- The court decision allows late-arriving mail ballots in some states if postmarked before election day.
- The ruling was 5-4, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett writing the majority opinion.
- The law at issue was from Mississippi, permitting ballots received within five days after election day.
- The Supreme Court said this does not conflict with federal law, which only sets election day, not ballot receipt deadlines.
- President Trump and his administration had argued ballots must be received by election day to protect election integrity.
- Most states allowing late mail ballots lean Democratic, but some Republican states do too.
- This ruling affects how votes may be counted in key states ahead of the 2024 US midterm elections.
- The case involved a 19th-century federal law defining election day as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
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