Tag: absentee ballots
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Mississippi's absentee ballot return law
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a Mississippi law allowing absentee ballots to be received up to five business days after the election was not preempted by federal statutes and could remain in place. Mississippi is one of 14 states that allow absentee/mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted…
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What to know about how states count absentee/mail-in ballots
In the midst of primary season, voters may wonder about the laws that govern how and when states count absentee/mail-in ballots. Every state provides a method for voters to cast ballots without visiting a physical polling place, but policies for counting those ballots differ from state to state. State laws prescribe when election officials can…