
The Latest: Supreme Court will decide whether states can keep counting late mail ballots
ABC News
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election issue targeted by President Donald Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Monday to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election issue targeted by President Donald Trump.
All 50 states require ballots to be cast or postmarked on or before Election Day, but 14 states have grace periods for receiving and counting regular mailed ballots, ranging from a day to several weeks after the election.
A final ruling will almost certainly come by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
Here's the latest:
Mississippi is among 14 states, along with the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories, with a grace period allowing late-arriving regular mail ballots to be counted after Election Day.













