by Marjorie Cohn | Jun 30, 2026 | Absentee ballots, Donald Trump, mail-in ballots, News Analysis, SAVE Act, Voting Rights, Watson v. Republican National Committee
With the 2026 midterm elections just four months away, the Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked by election day and received within five days thereafter. The court’s 5-4 ruling in Watson v. Republican National Committee leaves in place voting procedures in several states across the country. “Good news rarely comes out of this…
Source
by Marjorie Cohn | Apr 8, 2026 | 2026 Elections, 2026 midterms, Absentee ballots, Discrimination, elections, equal protection clause, midterms, News Analysis, Supreme Court, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court appears poised to deal a severe blow to the fundamental right to vote in two cases this term. Louisiana v. Callais threatens the right to vote free from racial discrimination and Watson v. Republican National Committee will test the right to have your absentee ballots counted. On August 1, 2025, when the Supreme Court asked the parties in Callais to brief the issue of…
Source
