Supreme Court upholds some late-arriving mail ballots
The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law allowing mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day and received up to five days later to be counted.
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The Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s rule allowing some absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive up to five business days later, rejecting the argument that federal election-day statutes force a receipt-by-Election-Day deadline.
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Supreme Court upholds mail-ballot grace periods
The Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s rule allowing some absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive up to five business days later, rejecting the argument that federal election-day statutes force a receipt-by-Election-Day deadline.
Supreme Court upholds some late-arriving mail ballots
The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law allowing mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day and received up to five days later to be counted.
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