"The Supreme Court may be poised to commit the single biggest act of disenfranchisement in modern history in a direct assault on the constitutional authority of states to set election laws."
"About 30 states have enacted similar laws, and they have had a major impact on American elections: In 2024 alone, more than 750,000 late-arriving ballots were counted because of a state's grace period."
"The court's right flank spent much of Monday's arguments airing grievances about vote-by-mail's supposed potential for fraud alongside partisan hostility toward lax ballot deadlines."
"These justices concocted absurd hypotheticals seemingly designed to highlight the nation's ostensible lack of election integrity."
The Supreme Court is considering a case that could invalidate state laws allowing the counting of ballots arriving after Election Day, impacting over 30 states. This change could disenfranchise voters, particularly Democrats, as over 750,000 late ballots were counted in 2024 due to these laws. Conservative justices expressed skepticism towards mail voting, citing unfounded fraud concerns. Their arguments lacked legal justification for overturning established laws, raising alarms about the integrity of the electoral process and the potential for significant voter disenfranchisement.
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