SCOTUS Could Get Chance to Disenfranchise Voters Whose Ballots Arrive After Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court looks set to be asked to rule on a far-reaching GOP bid to ban states from accepting ballots that arrive after Election Day, potentially disenfranchising a large number of voters across multiple states.
No petition has yet been filed with the Supreme Court. But a federal court paused proceedings Tuesday in a Republican lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s ballot receipt deadline law. The court wrote in its order that the case will remain paused until the Supreme Court weighs in on the issue.
“All District Court proceedings in the above-styled consolidated cases are hereby STAYED pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court and the conclusion of any Supreme Court proceedings on the merits,” District Court Judge Louis Guirola wrote in his order.
With the state apparently set to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue, the Justices could then choose to hear the case — with potentially far-reaching implications — or could decline to do so.
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