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Michael Watson
Coverage of Michael Watson in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court ruling gives a reprieve to states with grace periods for receiving mail ballots
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of counting mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward, preserving grace periods in 14 states. The decision rejected a Republican National Committee challenge to Mississippi's law, which allows ballots to be counted up to five days after Election Day, and spared states from last-minute changes before midterms.