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Supreme Court Upholds Late Mail-In Ballots | Reno News
The Supreme Court just sided with Mississippi, ruling that mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day can still be counted—even if they arrive a few days later. This victory for mail voters undermines Trump’s repeated claims that mail-in ballots are rigged and his efforts to ban them. Justice Barrett’s majority opinion says federal law only requires ballots to be postmarked, not received, while Alito warned it opens fraud risks. Trump called it a “tremendous loss” and pushed Congress to act, despite using mail ballots himself. Voting rights groups hailed it as a democracy win, while GOP legal…
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