Tag: Election Day

Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi Law Allowing Late Mail-In Ballots 

Source: Brandon Bell / Getty The Supreme Court has dealt yet another blow to President Donald Trump’s ongoing crusade against mail-in voting. On Monday, the court ruled 5-4 to allow Mississippi to enforce a state law granting a grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. The New York Times reports that Mississippi allows […]

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Supreme Court Paves Way For Alabama To Use Racially Gerrymandered Map

Source: diane555 / Getty On Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional map that a lower court previously ruled was racially gerrymandered.  NBC News reports that the Supreme Court set aside those previous rulings and sent the case back to the lower courts for relitigation. Alabama has tried for […]

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Supreme Court Weighs Grace Period Restriction On Mail-In Voting

Source: Amy Sparwasser / Getty The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) that would eliminate grace periods for mail-in ballots received after Election Day. Should the Supreme Court rule in favor of eliminating the grace periods, which appears quite likely due to its 6-3 Republican supermajority, it […]

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