‘BEYOND insane’: U.S. Supreme Court makes major ruling on counting ballots arriving after Election Day * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

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A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that elections officials can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as they were postmarked before that date.

The decision rejects a move by the Republican National Committee which challenged a Mississippi law allowing the counting of late arrivals, and is also seen as a setback for President Donald Trump.

Eighteen American states and territories have similar grace periods for mail-in ballots.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored Monday’s opinion, as she joined in the majority by Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s left-leaning branch of Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Journalist Nick Sortor called the ruling “BEYOND insane,” adding, “This means states like California can CONTINUE taking WEEKS to count ballots after Election Day.”

“Yet ANOTHER reason the SAVE America Act must be passed NOW!”

Trump reacted on Truth Social, saying: “In light of the tremendous loss in the Supreme Court today concerning Voter’s Rights, and the fact that ‘people’s’ votes are allowed to be counted LONG AFTER an Election is over, it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, which is,

“1. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO I.D. (IDENTIFICATION!).

“2. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.

“3. NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, OR TRAVEL!).

“There is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against the above three requirements. There is only one reason to oppose — CHEATING! The House of Representatives has approved this vital Act, THREE TIMES. The United States Senate seems unable to do so.

President Donald J. Trump participates in a press conference at the G7, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at La Grange au Lac in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)(Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

“In a time when there is a powerful Communist Movement taking place in our Country, one more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or September 11th, all Dumocrats, and our five Republican Senate Hold Outs, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and Mitch McConnell must vote to SAVE OUR COUNTRY. There can be no more excuses!”

Jonathan Turley, constitutional law scholar at George Washington University, told Fox News: “I think this is a significant loss for Republicans who have wanted to try to rein in the way that we do our elections. California, of course, is the nightmare where you can go for weeks without a decision.

“And Justice Alito really lashes out and says this undermines the integrity of the process, the faith in the process of voters. And that is a sentiment that is shared by many. But what the court is saying is that you can’t use this federal law to achieve that purpose. That there is room at the elbows here for states like Mississippi to count ballots that have been postmarked before Election Day.

“That means it shifts attention back to Congress, also to the state legislators to determine whether they want to politically go forward and say we need to clean this process up. We need to bring back a certain degree of certainty and clarity that doesn’t allow this open-ended process we see in California.”

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee President Heather Williams said: “While today’s ruling is a win for democracy, we know that President Trump continues to promote dangerous proposals like the SAVE America Act to sow chaos ahead of the midterm elections. The strongest path to fight back runs through state legislatures that will continue to shape how elections are run and voting laws.”

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