Court sides against Republicans after deciding earlier this term to let Louisiana effectively dismantle Voting Rights Act
The US supreme court sided against national Republicans and Donald Trump’s administration to allow mail-in ballots that arrive after election day to be counted, upholding the law in more than a dozen states.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) had challenged a Mississippi state law allowing mailed ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of election day, so long as they were postmarked by election day.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Rachel Leingang.
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