Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target
November 10, 2025
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states can continue their practice of counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. This kind of ballot-counting is a target of President Donald Trump. The justices Monday took up an appeal from Mississippi. A lower court ruled last year a Mississippi law allowing such ballots to be counted violated federal law. Mississippi is among 18 states that accept ballots postmarked by Election Day. The case will be argued early next year. A ruling is expected early enough to apply to the 2026 midterm elections. A Nevada ballot receipt law also has been challenged. And the Supreme Court is considering reviving a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ law.