SCOTUS Hears Case on Mississippi Absentee Ballot Deadline

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Mississippi's law allowing absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to five days later. Republicans, including the RNC, Mississippi GOP, and Libertarian Party, challenge it as violating federal law's uniform Election Day for congressional and presidential races. A district court upheld the state law, but the Fifth Circuit overturned it, prompting SCOTUS review. Read more about this...