By Mark Sherman
Associated Press
June 29, 2026 - 7:52 am
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court connected Monday ruled that states tin number ballots that get aft Election Day, a persistent people of President Donald Trump.
The 5-4 determination rejected a Republican-led onslaught connected laws successful much than fractional the states and the District of Columbia that licence mailed ballots to get and beryllium counted immoderate fig of days aft the election, provided they are postmarked by Election Day. The result spares officials the headache of changing their ballot rules conscionable a fewer months earlier the 2026 midterm legislature elections.
In conscionable implicit fractional those states, the much forgiving deadlines use lone to ballots formed by subject and overseas voters.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the court’s bulk opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the 3 wide justices.
The ineligible situation was portion of Trump’s broader onslaught connected astir message balloting, which helium has said breeds fraud contempt beardown grounds to the contrary and years of acquisition successful galore states. Trump has repeatedly claimed that his nonaccomplishment to Joe Biden successful 2020 resulted from fraud adjacent though much than 60 tribunal decisions and his ain lawyer wide said that statement had nary merit.
The tribunal heard arguments successful March successful a lawsuit from Mississippi pitting the authorities against Trump’s Republican medication and the Republican and Libertarian parties. At contented was whether national instrumentality sets a azygous Election Day that requires ballots to beryllium some formed by voters and received by authorities officials.
The national appeals tribunal successful New Orleans struck down a Mississippi instrumentality allowing ballots to beryllium counted if they get wrong 5 concern days of the predetermination and are postmarked by Election Day.
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