It was another good day for voting integrity today as the Supreme Court heard arguments about Mail-In Voting and specifically whether or not mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day could be counted as valid.
While no official decision has yet been reached, it appeared likely that the Court would be making some very big changes to the current process, possibly even reaching a 6-3 decision based on how the questioning was going.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! As many as 29 STATES may have their laws overturned after the Supreme Court indicated they will rule against allowing mail-in ballots to come in after Election Day
This would be huge, and could be a 6-3 ruling 🔥
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 23, 2026
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The AP reports laws in 14 states may be affected:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court seems skeptical of laws in 14 states that allow counting of mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. https://t.co/QM4ystUp9Z
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 23, 2026
Others say it could be as high as 29 states:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court could overturn laws in 29 states that allow mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 23, 2026
The AP added the following details:
The Supreme Court‘s conservative majority sounds skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.
The court heard arguments in a case from Mississippi that could also affect voters in 13 other states and the District of Columbia, which have varying grace periods for mail ballots. The decision may also impact an additional 15 states that have more forgiving deadlines for ballots from military and overseas voters.
A ruling is expected by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
What to know:
The case: The issue at hand is whether federal law sets a single Election Day that requires ballots to be both cast by voters and received by state officials. The court challenge is part of a broader attack by Trump on most mail balloting, which he has said breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states.
ADVERTISEMENTThe justices: Several conservative justices, including Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, voiced some of Trump’s complaints with questions about the prospect of rigged elections or fraudulent late-arriving ballots. The court’s liberal justices, conversely, indicated they would uphold state laws with post-Election Day deadlines, largely as a matter of upholding state rights over their own voting rules.
The implications: If the court strikes down the grace periods, it’ll leave some states and their voters scrambling to adjust with only a few months before absentee ballots are sent out this fall.
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