Supreme Court considers legality of late mail-in ballots

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive up to five business days later. The Republican National Committee, the Mississippi Republican Party and others argue that this grace period violates federal law. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed, ruling that ballots must be received by Election Day to be counted. A concurrence by the Supreme Court could invalidate such election laws in 14 total states plus the District of Columbia.