Washington (USA), June 29 (LaPresse) – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by Republicans against state laws allowing the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, long targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump. Under the Court’s decision, laws in force in more than half of the states and in the District of Columbia are confirmed, allowing the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, provided they bear a postmark dated no later than Election Day. This decision spares officials the headache of having to change voting rules just months before the 2026 congressional midterm elections, scheduled for November. The legal challenge was part of Trump’s broader attack on most mail-in voting, which he claims favors fraud despite evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states. Trump has repeatedly said that his defeat against Joe Biden in 2020 was the result of fraud, even though more than 60 rulings and his own attorney general have said that this argument was unfounded. In March, the Court heard arguments in a case from Mississippi pitting the state against the Republican Trump administration and the Republican and Libertarian parties. The question was whether federal law establishes a single Election Day by which ballots must both be cast by voters and received by state officials. A federal appeals court in New Orleans had struck down a Mississippi law that allowed mail-in ballots to be counted if they arrived within five working days after the election and bore a postmark from Election Day.
U.S., Supreme Court against Trump: “Mail-in ballots may arrive even after Election Day”
Washington (USA), June 29 (LaPresse) – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by Republicans against state laws allowing the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, long targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump. Under the Court’s decision, laws in force in more than half of the states and in the District of Columbia are confirmed, allowing the counting of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, provided they bear a postmark dated no later than Election Day. This decision spares officials the headache of having to change voting rules just months before the 2026 congressional midterm elections, scheduled for November. The legal challenge was part of Trump’s broader attack on most mail-in voting, which he claims favors fraud despite evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states. Trump has repeatedly said that his defeat against Joe Biden in 2020 was the result of fraud, even though more than 60 rulings and his own attorney general have said that this argument was unfounded. In March, the Court heard arguments in a case from Mississippi pitting the state against the Republican Trump administration and the Republican and Libertarian parties. The question was whether federal law establishes a single Election Day by which ballots must both be cast by voters and received by state officials. A federal appeals court in New Orleans had struck down a Mississippi law that allowed mail-in ballots to be counted if they arrived within five working days after the election and bore a postmark from Election Day.
