Don’t Count Ballots After Election Day

This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that hinges on the meaning of Election Day — and it’s got Democrats sweating.
The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, challenges a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots received long after Election Day to be counted.
It’s one of 14 states, including populous ones like California and New York, that allows a post-Election Day “grace period” (five business days in Mississippi but longer elsewhere) for ballots to be returned.
That law is being challenged by the RNC.
Taking a states’ rights stance, Mississippi’s…
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