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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for individuals with certain felony convictions, which the state enshrined in its 1890 constitution with the express purpose of denying Black men the right to vote.
A group of Mississippians are asking the nation’s highest court to determine whether the state’s lifetime voting ban violates the U.S. Constitution.
Pro-voter organizations have asked the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision that invalidated a Mississippi law allowing election officials to count timely postmarked mail-in ballots for up to five business days after an election.
The RNC urged Texas election officials to halt a plan to count ballots received after Election Day, citing a 5th Circuit decision.
A panel of Trump-appointed judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) request to invalidate a Mississippi election law that allows for the counting of timely postmarked mail-in ballots for up to five days after an election.
Mississippi currently permits mail-in ballots to be counted up to five business days after an election, provided they are postmarked on or before Election Day. The Republican National Committee (RNC) is challenging this law, and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on the matter Tuesday.
Election officials across the country are urging the United States Postal Service (USPS) to fix what they’ve identified as significant issues with mail delivery that could impact voting in the Nov. 5 election.
An executive order issued in 2021 by President Biden to promote voter registration is still drawing rebuke from GOP-led states in court.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) promptly appealed its lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s mail-in ballot receipt deadline just a few days after a Republican-appointed federal judge dismissed the challenge as meritless.
A group of voters are challenging Mississippi’s decades-old electoral map for the state Supreme Court, arguing the current districts dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians in a state where they comprise 40% of the population.
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