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Deadline Legal Blog-The Supreme Court's mail-in ballot decision could inject chaos into midterm elections
The justices are considering blocking states from accepting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
The Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot decision could inject chaos into midterm elections
— News Wire - World 🌎 Independent News Network Pro-Democracy (@democracyblue.bsky.social) 2026-03-24T14:13:13.965Z
The justices are considering blocking states from accepting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-mail-in-ballot-mississippi-decision-midterms
The Supreme Court may be on the verge of injecting needless chaos and uncertainty into the midterm elections and beyond. That possibility was on display Monday, when the court heard a GOP-backed challenge to counting mail ballots that come in after Election Day, even if they’re postmarked by Election Day.
Mississippi, which has a five-day grace period, is defending its law against the Republican National Committee and the Trump administration.
The state’s solicitor general, Scott Stewart, told the justices that accepting the GOP position would prompt chaos, upending the ballot-receipt laws of 30 states and calling into question modern voting practices generally. ....
Timing aside, it remains to be seen what the court will decide. There was an overall party-line split in the questioning at the hearing, though Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett may hold pivotal votes in the relative center of the dispute.
As Kavanaugh’s question on timing indicated, the court is expected to rule by early July, though, in this case, perhaps not much longer before then.
Mississippi, which has a five-day grace period, is defending its law against the Republican National Committee and the Trump administration.
The state’s solicitor general, Scott Stewart, told the justices that accepting the GOP position would prompt chaos, upending the ballot-receipt laws of 30 states and calling into question modern voting practices generally. ....
Timing aside, it remains to be seen what the court will decide. There was an overall party-line split in the questioning at the hearing, though Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett may hold pivotal votes in the relative center of the dispute.
As Kavanaugh’s question on timing indicated, the court is expected to rule by early July, though, in this case, perhaps not much longer before then.
This ruling could make a major impact on the upcoming elections