What’s at stake in Watson v. Republican National Committee.
Supreme Court to hear arguments in a mail-in voting case, weighing whether states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day.
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that tests whether states should be allowed to count ballots that are mailed on time but arrive after Election Day. The case could have broad implications.
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Monday that mail-in ballots received after polls close on Election Day should be counted, posing major implications for November’s midterm elections. Mississippi defended its statute that allows a five-day grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward. More than a dozen states have similar…
'Is that something we should be thinking about? Confidence in the election process? ... Just curious how we factor that in here,' Justice Kavanaugh said.
Earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Watson v. Republican National Committee, the RNC’s challenge to a Mississippi law allowing mail-in or absentee ballots to be counted up to five days of Election Day. Many observers have noted the court seems likely to rule that ballots for federal elections must arrive on/before […] The post…
Case focuses on RNC’s challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots to count if they arrive after election dayUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court appeared poised on Monday to curtail how mail-in ballots can be counted if they arrive after election day, which would affect laws in more than a dozen states during a midterm election…
The Supreme Court indicated Monday it may restrict laws in 14 states allowing mail-in ballots received after polls close to count. During oral arguments for Watson v.…
