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Following oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee (RNC) Monday, the fate of mail-in ballot grace periods remains unclear as the U.S.Supreme Court justices split on the case’s central question: When is a vote actually made — when a voter casts a ballot or when election officials receive it?
The case is squarely part of the broader GOP effort, led by President Donald Trump, to restrict mail voting, out of a belief that it helps Democrats.
The question boils down to: When does someone vote? Is it when the ballot is submitted — whether placed in a drop box or a mailbox — or is it when it’s received by election officials?
The Trump administration is ramping up its push to turn U.S. elections into single-day affairs — just days before the Supreme Court hears a case that could prevent millions of legally cast mail ballots from being counted nationwide.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to dramatically restrict mail-in voting nationwide and asking the justices to rule that ballots arriving after Election Day — even if mailed on time under state law — should not be counted. If the Court sides with the RNC, millions of voters who depend […]
We’ve been warning for months that President Donald Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week it will consider a challenge to Mississippi’s grace period for mail ballots. A ruling to ban grace periods nationwide could upend mail voting.
In a case with major implications for voting access, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a mail-in ballot must be received by Election Day to count, or if it merely must be sent by then.
Few could miss that election eight delivered a cascade of victories for our democracy. And while national attention understandably focused on statewide races and high-profile ballot measures, smaller contests carried an outsized impact.
Mississippi’s Republican secretary of state is asking the Supreme Court to rule against a coalition of GOP groups and reinstate a five-day post-election grace period for late mail-in ballots struck down by a federal appeals court.
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