Mississippi Law Allowing Ballots to Be Received After Election Day Can Stand: Judge

The statute does not run afoul of federal law or the U.S. Constitution, according to the new ruling.

A voter casts her ballot at a polling place at Highland Colony Baptist Church in Ridgeland, Miss., on Nov. 27, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A Mississippi law that allows ballots received up to five days after an election to be counted is lawful, a federal judge ruled on July 28.

U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. pointed, in part, to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), which governs ballots from citizens residing overseas.