US endorses grace periods for mail-in ballots
ONP Summary
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court determined that states retain authority to count mail-in ballots provided they were postmarked by Election Day, regardless of arrival date. The ruling preserved a Mississippi law implementing such a grace period and rejected legal challenges mounted by Republicans. Over a dozen U.S. states currently permit late-arriving ballots to be counted under similar provisions.
Progressive: Progressive outlets emphasize voting access and present the decision as rejection of Republican voting restrictions.
Moderate: Centrist outlets report the ruling straightforwardly, noting the Supreme Court's 5-4 rejection of the RNC's legal challenge.
Conservative: Conservative outlets show mixed emphasis—some highlight state sovereignty and federalism principles, others note it as a setback for Trump's voting-restriction agenda.
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The US Supreme Court backed on Monday state laws that allow mail-in ballots received after Election Day to be counted, rejecting a Republican-led challenge to a five-day grace period in Mississippi and dealing a setback to President Donald Trump.
The justices in a 5-4 ruling overturned a lower court's decision that had deemed Mississippi's law inconsistent with US statutes that set the timing of federal elections — for the presidency, Senate and House of Representatives.
Trump last year vowed t ...