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Can Mail-In Ballots, Eligible in Every Other Way, Be Counted if They Arrive After Election Day? The Question will be Heard in the U.S. Supreme Court

Can Mail-In Ballots, Eligible in Every Other Way, Be Counted if They Arrive After Election Day?  The Question will be Heard in the U.S. Supreme Court

Mail-in ballots are increasingly popular with voters.  But when the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t deliver an otherwise eligible mail-in ballot in time by no fault of the voter, should it still be counted?   The U.S. Supreme Court just accepted a case which could potentially disenfranchise those voters.

Pro-Voter Groups and 19 States Challenge Trump Executive Order on Voting Rules as Unconstitutional and Likely to Disenfranchise Millions

Nineteen states and several pro-voter groups filed suit against a March 25th executive order by President Donald Trump.  The order appears to override Congressional and state jurisdiction granted by the U.S. Constitution, and its noncitizen voting restrictions could actually disenfranchise millions of eligible Americans.