PA Does Just Fine Without a Mail-in Ballot Grace Period

By Paul Calem

The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in the case Watson v. Republican National Committee, which concerns whether federal law requires ballots to be received by election officials by Election Day. Specifically, the case involves a challenge by the Republican National Committee and others to a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if received within five business days after Election Day, provided they are postmarked by Election Day.

Currently, fourteen states plus the District of Columbia accept ballots received within a specified interval after Election Day subject to this (or, in two cases, a looser) postmark requirement, with this “grace period” mostly ranging between three and ten days.

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