"As President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned leaders who tried to overturn his 2020 loss, the US Supreme Court took up the national Republican Party's argument that counting mailed ballots shortly after Election Day violates federal law. Voting by mail has long been a target of the GOP president, who has falsely claimed that the practice fuels voter fraud. This case concerns a Mississippi law that allows mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted as long as they arrive within five business days,"
"Voting by mail has long been a target of the GOP president, who has falsely claimed that the practice fuels voter fraud. This case concerns a Mississippi law that allows mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted as long as they arrive within five business days, which three Trump appointees on the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit struck down last year."
Arguments are scheduled early next year with a ruling expected months before the midterm elections. The Supreme Court addressed the national Republican Party's claim that counting mailed ballots shortly after Election Day violates federal law. A Mississippi statute permits ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they arrive within five business days. Three Trump appointees on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down that law last year. The dispute arises amid President Donald Trump's repeated claims that mail voting fuels fraud and amid state practices that allow postmarked-but-late ballots.
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