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Mail-In Ballots Protected — For Now — in 5-4 Ruling
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In a rare cross-ideological outcome, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 — with Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the three liberal justices — to uphold a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted even if they arrive after. The decision could preempt similar Republican legal challenges in at least 14 other states and protect existing policies in approximately 30 states [1] — Jon Favreau "In a 5-4 ruling where John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberals, the Supreme Court upheld Mississippi's law counting mail-…" 31:10 . Trump responded on Truth Social by whining about the decision and name-dropping five Senate Republicans he wants to pressure into passing the SAVE Act, his voter registration proof-of-citizenship bill. Tommy Vietor praises the ruling as an important win for election integrity but warns it represents just one chip that didn't come undone in an ongoing, systematic Republican assault on voting rights.
In a 5-4 ruling where John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberals, the Supreme Court upheld Mississippi's law counting mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward. The decision protects similar policies in roughly 30 states. But as Tommy Vietor noted, the assault on voting rights will keep coming — this chip just didn't come undone.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling upholding Mississippi's law counting postmarked-by-Election-Day mail-in ballots allows roughly 30 states to keep similar policies in place.
