State Law Allowing Mail-In Ballots To Be Received After Election Day Invalidated

( October 30, 2024, 12:21 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has struck down a COVID-era Mississippi state law providing that mail-in ballots postmarked by election day may be received by the registrar within five days of Election Day and still be valid, ruling that the provision is preempted by federal law, which the panel interpreted as requiring that ballots be received by election officials no later than Election Day....

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