The nation’s high court has spoken. This could make or break the future of the GOP.
And the Supreme Court gave Republicans a case update that they were desperately waiting for.
The Supreme Court just announced it’s diving into a major showdown over whether states can keep counting ballots that trickle in after Election Day.
This bombshell comes from a lawsuit kicked off by the Republican National Committee, zeroing in on practices that many conservatives see as a gateway to election chaos.
At the heart of the battle is Mississippi’s law, a deep-red state stronghold, which lets ballots postmarked by Election Day get counted if they show up within five days afterward. The RNC has been pounding the pavement on this, claiming it erodes public faith in how votes are tallied.
The GOP powerhouse argues that this setup clashes head-on with federal statutes, pushing for a nationwide crackdown to slam the door on these delayed arrivals. Their goal? Make sure every election wraps up tight on the actual day.
David Becker, who runs the Center for Election Innovation & Research, made it crystal clear that this isn’t some broadside against mail-in voting, which every state handles in one way or another. Nor is it about letting people vote past the cutoff.
“What this case is about is whether a ballot that was cast on or before Election Day, sealed in an envelope, placed in the U.S. Mail and received by a state some days later can be counted if a state law says that that’s okay,” Becker said when speaking to Fox News Digital.
Mississippi rolled out this rule back in 2020, amid the frenzy of pandemic-driven changes to voting procedures. Plenty of states, from ruby-red territories to deep-blue ones, jumped on board with similar allowances for mail-ins delivered late.
The RNC didn’t back down, filing suit and scoring a big victory in the staunchly conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. That prompted Mississippi to escalate things all the way to the Supreme Court, desperate to keep their system intact.
In their pitch to the justices, Mississippi insists that the “election” boils down to when voters make their picks, which happens by Election Day.
Getting those ballots in the mail on time seals the deal, but the actual delivery? That’s just logistics, not the core of the voting process.
Becker sounded the alarm on what might happen if the Supreme Court sides with the 5th Circuit, predicting a flood of lawsuits in tight contests where straggling ballots tip the scales due to postal snafus.
“We as a society do not want a bunch of ballots coming in the day or two after, delivered late, not because of the voter but because of the Postal Service, and having those ballots being the margin of victory in a close race,” Becker stated.
RNC Chairman Joe Gruters fired off a statement blasting the practice, aligning with die-hard defenders of rock-solid election safeguards who view these latecomers as a direct threat.
“Allowing states to count large numbers of mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day undermines trust and confidence in our elections,” he stated.
“Elections must end on Election Day, which is why the RNC led the way in challenging this harmful state law. The RNC has been hard at work litigating this case for nearly two years, and we hope the Supreme Court will affirm the Fifth Circuit’s landmark decision that mail-in ballots received after Election Day cannot be counted.”
This case could reshape how America handles its votes, putting the spotlight on whether the country prioritizes ironclad deadlines or bend to mail delays that skeptics say open the floodgates to funny business.
With the RNC leading the charge, it’s a rallying cry for those fed up with what they call rigged rules.
