Republican National Committee seeks Supreme Court ruling to ban late-arriving ballots nationwide, challenging Mississippi’s five-day grace period law.
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TheSupremeCourtrevealedonMondayitwillconsideralawsuit,originallybroughtbytheRepublicanNationalCommittee,overwhethercountingballotsthatarriveafterElectionDayislawful.
ThecasewillexamineastatelawinsolidredMississippithatallowsballotspostmarkedbyElectionDaytobecountediftheyarereceiveduptofivedaysaftertheelection.
TheRNC,whichhasfoughttostoplate-arrivingballotsoverallegationsthattheyunderminetrustinthevotecountingprocess,arguesthestatelawconflictswithfederallawandishopingtheSupremeCourtwillbanthemnationwide.
DavidBecker,executivedirectoroftheCenterforElectionInnovation&Research,emphasizedthatthecourtwouldnotbeweighinginonthelegalityofmail-inballots,whichareacceptedinsomeformineverystate,orwhetherballotscouldbecastafterElectionDay.
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