SCOTUS To The Rescue: Mail-In Ballot Edition
I guess it depends upon who SCOTUS is rescuing:
Today, the Supreme Court will do its little part to carry out one of its Constitutionally mandated duties: suppressing the vote. It will hear a case from—of all places—Mississippi, which is trying to make it easier to vote. The RNC is trying to make it harder. RNC vs. the state of Mississippi. Got that?
The snake eats its own tail, in other words. Do continue (emphasis mine):
At issue is a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked on or before Election Day but which arrive up to 5 days later, to be counted. The RNC’s point of view is that “Election Day” is election DAY, not, election WEEK. Initially, a lower-court judge upheld the Mississippi law. Then a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the state law is invalid, despite the fact that states run elections. The state appealed to the Supreme Court and the hearing is today. The case is important because many states have similar laws.
Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 would like to have a word: