Supreme Court ruling gives a reprieve to states with grace periods for receiving mail ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to ban grace periods for mail ballots, allowing 14 states to continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward. The ruling upheld Mississippi's law and spared states from potential last-minute changes ahead of midterms, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett affirming the legality of the practice under federal law.