A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2026.
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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Mississippi can continue to count some absentee ballots received after election day, rejecting a Republican challenge contending that those votes are invalid under federal law.
The 5-4 opinion, which was written by one of President Donald Trump’s appointees and joined by the court’s three liberals, delivers a blow to ongoing efforts by Trump and the GOP to curtail mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.
“The federal election-day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days thereafter,” the majority held in the ruling. “Nothing in the federal election-day statutes requires ballots to be received by election day.”
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