Supreme Court Weighs Mail Ballot Deadlines

0:00The Supreme Court is taking up a key case from Mississippi about whether states can cow mail ballots that arrive after election day, as long as. Their post marked on time. This challenge targets grace periods in place across 14 states and the District of Columbia, and it could ripple out to 15 more states for. Military and overseas voters. Republican and libertarian lawyers, along with backers from the previous Trump administration, want the justices to uphold a lower court decision. Striking down Mississippi's five business day window for later rivals. A ruling should come by late June, setting rules well ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Election officials from big states and cities argue that scrapping these longstanding deadlines so close to voting could spark widespread confusion, and leave voters out in the cold. Places like California, Texas, New York, Illinois, and remote parts of Alaska rely on these flexible rules to handle mail delays. These fights ties into larger debates over mail voting, with some Republican-led states

1:03like Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota, and Utah already dropping there. Grace periods last year. A blocked executive order from the prior administration had pushed for all ballots to arrive by election day. Whatever the court decides, it will shape how millions cast ballots in upcoming races, balancing federal election laws against state practices that have worked for years. This has been Vancouver News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.