US supreme court upholds law to count mail-in ballots arriving after election day

Published June 29, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Court sides against Republicans after deciding earlier this term to let Louisiana effectively dismantle Voting Rights Act

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The US supreme court sided against national Republicans and Donald Trump’s administration to allow mail-in ballots that arrive after election day to be counted, upholding the law in more than a dozen states.

Details

The Republican National Committee (RNC) had challenged a Mississippi state law allowing mailed ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of election day, so long as they were postmarked by election day.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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