The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear this high-stakes case over whether states can accept mail-in ballots that arrive after election day, even if they were filled out and mailed before.
The case, Watson V Republican National Committeeinvolved a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots to be counted if they are received within five business days of election day.
Mississippi election officials, citing long-standing precedent, cast their ballots on or before a ballot addressed to an election issue that is an administrative issue.
“As a matter of simple definition, an ‘election’ is the conclusion of an official’s choice. The voters made that care to the Supreme Court for review. “The election then took place, even if the election officials did not receive all the ballots that day.”
Sixteen states, as well as Washington DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico, allow a mail-in ballot from one counting hour after one election hour, but post elections, According to the National Conference of State Laws. The policy is designed to ensure that voters who put their ballot in the mail ahead of Election Day are not penalized if the mail is slow.
A federal judge in Mississippi struck down the state law, but the US Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit, one of the most conservative US courts, reinstated it. The majority of that court held that federal law set a day As the day for the Federal election and allow the ballots to come after the prevention of the law.
The fifth circuit decision “distinguished between an individual choice of a person ‘and’ the choice of the public in the Closed Committee of the Committee. ‘ An ‘election’ is final only ‘if the last ballots are received and the electorate, not the individual who chooses, is chosen.'”
Ang mga justices nga gikonsiderar ang usa ka panaglalis kung kinsa ang adunay katungod sa pag-ihaw sa usa ka ikaduha nga kaso nga naglambigit sa mga balota sa mail, nga gihagit ang pag-ihap sa mga balota nga giisip sa adlaw sa pag-ihap sa adlaw nga pag-ihap sa adlaw sa pag-ihap sa adlaw sa pag-ihap apan nakadawat hangtod sa duha ka semana. Mississippi asked the court to refrain from considering the Watson case until it rules on the Illinois case.
The court also heard a major challenge to section 2 of the voting actions, and appears likely to limit the scope of the landmark civil rights law.
Donald Trump and Republicans have been charged against the practice of allowing ballots to come after election day. At least three states this year ended the practice of Late arrivals of ballots are allowedand a Presidential marching order seeks to punish those who allegedly condone the practice. Lawsuits against this part of the executive order are ongoing.