The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Mississippi law that gives election officials the ability to count mail-in ballots even after Election Day has passed.
Under the Mississippi law, absentee ballots that carry a postmark dated on or before Election Day can still be accepted and counted if they arrive within five days following the election.
The high court’s decision came as a blow to Republican challengers who had sought to overturn the grace period provision. The justices sided against the GOP in upholding the state’s mail-in ballot policy.
