Supreme Court Agrees to Decide If Mail-In Ballots Must Arrive by Election Day

The case concerns a challenge to a federal law barring states from accepting mailed ballots after Election Day.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Nov. 10 to consider a challenge to a federal law that blocks states from counting mail-in ballots that officials receive after Election Day.

The court granted the petition in Watson v. Republican National Committee in an unsigned order on Nov. 10. No justices dissented.