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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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George Chidi and Sam Levine

US supreme court to decide if states can accept late-arriving mail ballots

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A voter drops his ballot in a drop box in San Francisco, California, on 4 November. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The US supreme court announced on Monday it will hear a high-stakes case about whether states can accept mail-in ballots that arrive after election day, even if they are filled out and mailed before then.

The case, Watson v Republican National Committee, involves a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots to count if they are received within five business days of election day.

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