Supreme Court Rules in Favor of 18 States, Allows Late-Arriving Ballots to Be Counted in Major Decision
The Supreme Court has ruled that state laws permitting ballots to arrive after Election Day are lawful. This decision marks the latest setback for President Trump's efforts to regulate elections.
The ruling upholds a Mississippi state law allowing mail ballots to be received up to five days after Election Day. It comes after a federal court struck down parts of a Trump executive order that sought to empower the US Postal Service to regulate mail voting.
President Trump's campaign to change election laws has suffered a series of setbacks, including his inability to pass primary voting legislation through Congress. The bill, known as the SAVE America Act, lacks Democratic support in the Senate, falling short of the 60 votes required for passage.
The President has long expressed opposition to voting by mail, making unfounded claims about the process since 2016. His concerns intensified after the 2020 election, when Democrats widely adopted the method during the coronavirus pandemic, contributing to the election of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's three liberals, noted that the Constitution grants no authority over elections to the executive branch, posing a significant barrier to President Trump's efforts to ban mail-in voting.
The ruling upholds a Mississippi state law allowing mail ballots to be received up to five days after Election Day. It comes after a federal court struck down parts of a Trump executive order that sought to empower the US Postal Service to regulate mail voting.
President Trump's campaign to change election laws has suffered a series of setbacks, including his inability to pass primary voting legislation through Congress. The bill, known as the SAVE America Act, lacks Democratic support in the Senate, falling short of the 60 votes required for passage.
The President has long expressed opposition to voting by mail, making unfounded claims about the process since 2016. His concerns intensified after the 2020 election, when Democrats widely adopted the method during the coronavirus pandemic, contributing to the election of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The Supreme Court's 5-4 opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's three liberals, noted that the Constitution grants no authority over elections to the executive branch, posing a significant barrier to President Trump's efforts to ban mail-in voting.
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