by Ben Whedon
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case addressing whether states may count ballots that arrive after Election Day.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) and Mississippi Libertarian Party challenged the state’s law permitting the counting of ballots postmarked by Election Day should they arrive within five days, Politico reported.
“Allowing states to count large numbers of mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day undermines trust and confidence in our elections,” said RNC Chairman Joe Gruters. “Elections must end on Election Day, which is why the RNC led the way in challenging this harmful state law. The RNC has been hard at work litigating this case for nearly two years, and we hope the Supreme Court will affirm the Fifth Circuit’s landmark decision that mail-in ballots received after Election Day cannot be counted.”
The court agreed to hear the matter after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law in 2024.
President Donald Trump, for his part, has long been a critic of mail-in ballots and pointed to the expansion of the practice during the COVID-19 pandemic when making his 2020 election fraud claims.
According to PBS, 18 states in America allow for ballots to be counted after arriving on Election Day.
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Ben Whedon is a reporter for Just the News.
