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Snapshot · The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2456 - LIVE: Ben Breaks Down SCOTUS on Birthright Citizenship
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Jun 30, 2026
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Mail-In Ballot Ruling: Shapiro Says Focus on Harvesting, Not Counting
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The episode takes a brief detour to cover the prior day's mail-in ballot ruling, which found that ballots postmarked before Election Day may be counted even if they arrive after. Shapiro calls this a 'fairly close-run legal interpretation' he can see both sides of, unlike some conservative commentators who treated it as a major threat. His core argument: if you're worried about election fraud, focus on ballot harvesting — the practice of third parties collecting and submitting ballots en masse — rather than whether a mail carrier was slow. The fraud risk is at the collection stage, not the counting stage. Trump has called for passing the SAVE Act in response, which Shapiro endorses on policy grounds. The segment is notable for its willingness to push back against the conservative media consensus on which election integrity concern matters most.
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