Dossier
Mississippi Legislature
Coverage of Mississippi Legislature in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court endorses post-Election Day mail-in ballot counting ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court upheld Mississippi's law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within five business days, rejecting Republican claims that this undermines election finality. The ruling preserves similar rules in over a dozen states ahead of the midterms, while Trump's executive order and proposed legislation aim to restrict mail-in voting.