U.S. Will Argue In Review Of 5th Circuit’s Postmarked Ballot Receipt Law Ruling

( March 3, 2026, 11:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will review a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel decision striking 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, the court on March 2 granted the U.S. solicitor general’s motion to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument, while denying two separate motions by other respondents for divided argument....

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