{"id":2359778,"date":"2024-10-25T18:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5th-circuit-drops-october-surprise-over-mississippis-election-ballot-rules-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T22:05:34","slug":"5th-circuit-drops-october-surprise-over-mississippis-election-ballot-rules-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5th-circuit-drops-october-surprise-over-mississippis-election-ballot-rules-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Circuit drops October surprise over Mississippi\u2019s election ballot rules &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5th-circuit-drops-october-surprise-over-mississippis-election-ballot-rules-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2359778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent \u200bruling by the \u200d5th Circuit \u200dCourt of Appeals has significant implications for Mississippi&#8217;s election\u2064 laws regarding mail-in ballots.\u2063 The court determined that \u200cballots must be received \u200dby Election Day to be \u200ccounted, reversing a previous\u200c lower court&#8217;s decision that permitted ballots postmarked by Election Day \u200cto be counted if they arrived later. This ruling, influenced by judges appointed by\u200b former \u2064President Donald\u200b Trump, could potentially lead to\u2064 a Supreme Court \u200breview. The court has\u2063 returned the case to a lower court\u200b for further consideration, emphasizing the importance of maintaining election \u200cintegrity while asserting that Mississippi&#8217;s policy of allowing ballots to arrive up to \u2062five days\u2062 late\u200d conflicts with \u2062federal law. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley hailed \u200cthe ruling as a major \u200cvictory for election integrity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">5th Circuit drops October surprise over Mississippi&rsquo;s election ballot rules<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A U.S. federal appeals court <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ca5.220446\/gov.uscourts.ca5.220446.192.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ruled\">ruled<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mississippi<\/a>&rsquo;s mail ballot law that allows election officials to count ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward, setting the stage for a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a> review.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, sent the issue back to a lower court for further review. The decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3165389\/mississippi-voting-lawsuit-late-arriving-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">would only impact Mississippi<\/a> should a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-deals-major-blow-to-big-tech-and-sets-up-scotus-to-restore-free-speech\/\" title=\"Federal Court Deals Major Blow To Big Tech And Sets Up SCOTUS To Restore Free Speech\">federal district court judge agree<\/a> to bar the state from counting late-arriving mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, issued by a panel of 5th Circuit judges, some of which appointed by former President Donald Trump, reversed a lower court&rsquo;s earlier ruling. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The judges stated that &ldquo;Election Day,&rdquo; as designated by Congress, is the last day ballots should be cast and received by state officials. &ldquo;Text, precedent, and historical practice confirm this &lsquo;day for the election&rsquo; is the day by which ballots must be both cast by voters and received by state officials,&rdquo; the court wrote, adding that Mississippi&rsquo;s policy allowing ballots to arrive up to five days later is in conflict with federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Although Republicans had requested an injunction to block the policy immediately, the judges declined and sent it back to the lower court to determine &ldquo;appropriate relief,&rdquo; noting the importance of preserving the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">voting process status quo close<\/a> to an election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3189720\/election-2024-mail-in-voting-ballot-tracking\/\"><strong>ELECTION 2024: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT MAIL-IN VOTING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley lauded the decision as a &ldquo;MASSIVE ELECTION INTEGRITY VICTORY.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MASSIVE ELECTION INTEGRITY VICTORY:<\/p>\n<p>The 5th Circuit has just ruled that ballots must be received BY ELECTION DAY to be counted &mdash; not days after &mdash; following an RNC lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>This is a seismic win for fair, accurate, secure, and transparent elections.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChairmanWhatley\/status\/1849923244419166479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 5th Circuit has just ruled that ballots must be received BY ELECTION DAY to be counted &mdash; not days after &mdash; following an RNC lawsuit. This is a seismic win for fair, accurate, secure, and transparent elections,&rdquo; Whatley wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC, along with former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign, have filed lawsuits in multiple states this election cycle challenging policies that allow ballots to be counted if received after Election Day. About 20 states, plus Washington, D.C., count mail-in ballots received post-Election Day, provided they are postmarked by Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>These grace periods are lauded by election rights advocates because they account for mail delays, unforeseen circumstances, or voter error in returning ballots on time.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the limited scope of the decision and its proximity to the Nov. 5 Election Day, the decision is unlikely to have a seismic impact on the race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-becomes-seventh-state-to-outlaw-sex-change-surgeries-for-minors\/\" title=\"Mississippi Becomes Seventh State To Outlaw Sex Change Surgeries for Minors\">left-leaning advocates<\/a> for these grace periods, such as former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, were left discouraged by the precedent the 5th Circuit&rsquo;s decision could set for future elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But if late counting of votes, cast by Election Day is impermissible, can challenges to early voting be far behind?&rdquo; Vance posted to X.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5th Circuit rules against Mississippi&#8217;s mail ballot law, impacting potential Supreme Court review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2359779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5th-circuit-building-file-pic.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43748,43749,6632],"class_list":["post-2359778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-5th-circuit","tag-election-ballot-rules","tag-mississippi"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5th-circuit-building-file-pic.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}