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MAJOR BREAKING: In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day, even if they arrive afterward.
Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissented.
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Analysis Summary
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as they were postmarked by Election Day, upholding Mississippi's grace period in Watson v. Republican National Committee. Justice Barrett joined the three liberal justices and Chief Justice Roberts to form the majority, defeating a GOP effort to tighten ballot receipt deadlines. The ruling preserves mail voting procedures in multiple states ahead of the 2026 midterms, which both sides had argued could significantly affect electoral outcomes.
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“In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states may count mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day, even if they arrive afterward.”
Multiple Tier 1 outlets (NYT, WaPo, NBC, NPR, Fox News) confirm the 5-4 ruling allowing states to count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after. The case is Watson v. Republican National Committee involving a Mississippi law.
“Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh dissented.”
Multiple sources confirm a 5-4 split. Fox News and NBC report that Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the liberal justices and Chief Justice Roberts in the majority, meaning the four dissenters were conservative justices. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch are confirmed conservative dissenters; Kavanaugh's specific dissent status is consistent with this 5-4 breakdown but sources emphasize Barrett's cross-over vote as the key alignment.
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