{"id":2621372,"date":"2026-06-30T08:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erroneous-scotus-ruling-on-election-day-ballots-screams-for-save-act\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:48:36","slug":"erroneous-scotus-ruling-on-election-day-ballots-screams-for-save-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erroneous-scotus-ruling-on-election-day-ballots-screams-for-save-act\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Erroneous&#8217; SCOTUS Ruling Screams For SAVE Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Ferroneous-scotus-ruling-on-election-day-ballots-screams-for-save-act%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=2621372&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>Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with left-leaning justices in a notable election integrity case, revealing a willingness to accept mail-in ballots received after Election day. Barrett authored a 5-4 majority opinion that undermines strict ballot receipt deadlines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hes-facing-20-years-for-january-6-charges-his-lawyers-say-he-just-went-to-protest\/\" title=\"He\u2019s Facing 20 Years For January 6 Charges. His ...yers Say He Just Went To Protest.\">citing federal law<\/a> but allowing states like California and Mississippi to continue collecting ballots beyond Election Day, which critics argue jeopardizes election security and public trust. The ruling is seen by opponents as facilitating election chaos, while some legal experts warn it diminishes confidence in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>Following the ruling, efforts to pass the SAVE America Act-proposed legislation requiring proof of U.S. citizenship and photo ID for voting, and ending universal mail-in ballots-stall in the Senate. President Trump emphasized the importance of enacting the bill, criticizing Democratic opposition and warning of risks to the republic if election integrity is neglected. Despite support from the House, Senate Republican leadership and certain Senators are hesitant or lack the votes to move forward, citing procedural challenges and political calculations. Trump and election advocates argue that failure to act could damage the integrity of future elections, calling on the Senate to pass the legislation promptly to safeguard national elections.  <\/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<div>\n<p>In siding with their colleagues on the left in a critical election integrity case, Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined forces with the \u201cliving Constitution\u201d camp bent on rewriting the Constitution and razing the 250-year-old republic.  <\/p>\n<p>Barrett, proving to be more of an OINO \u2014 originalist in name only \u2014 wrote the 5-4 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/29\/scotus-says-vote-by-mail-elections-can-extend-five-days-past-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majority opinion <\/a>damning U.S. elections to the Californication of ballot counting and further shaking voter confidence in a system wide open to fraud. <\/p>\n<p>The ruling in<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-1260_g3cn.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">  RNC v. Mississippi<\/a><\/em>  acknowledges that Election Day is indeed Election Day as proscribed by federal law but ruled that the law does not \u201cset a deadline for ballot receipt.\u201d In short, Mississippi can keep collecting ballots days after an election. So can <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/04\/californias-latest-election-mess-demands-supreme-court-cleanup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California,<\/a> which just this month drove home why a prolonged ballot receipt policy is a disaster for election integrity \u2014 and the constitutional republic. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first opinion is in Watson v. RNC, the mail-in ballot case. The court holds that nothing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal election-day statutes requires ballots<\/a> to be received by Election Day in order to be counted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m8satOKkrQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/m8satOKkrQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SCOTUSblog\/status\/2071595257574117771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s ruling from the Supreme Court is deeply disappointing and misses the mark. Federal law is clear: all ballots must be received by Election Day to be counted,\u201d Jason Snead, executive director of Honest Elections Project (HEP), <a href=\"https:\/\/honestelections.org\/honest-elections-project-reacts-to-watson-v-rnc-ruling-at-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement following Monday\u2019s ruling. \u201cThe Court missed a major opportunity to reinforce election integrity and instead sides with California-style chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Justice Alito makes clear in his dissent, watching ballots trickle in after Election Day and flip races does nothing but damage public trust in our system of government,\u201d Snead added. <\/p>\n<p>HEP filed a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/honestelections.org\/leading-election-integrity-groups-file-joint-amicus-brief-urging-supreme-court-to-strike-down-laws-allowing-states-to-count-ballots-received-after-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amicus brief <\/a>in the case and also conducted polling that showed <a href=\"https:\/\/honestelections.org\/honest-elections-project-polling-shows-election-day-ballot-receipt-deadlines-exceedingly-popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">83 percent<\/a> of Americans surveyed agree that ballots should be received by Election Day, nearly 80 percent affirming that an Election Day deadline would make elections \u201cmore secure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, described the opinion as \u201cunfortunate,\u201d asserting that it \u201cdemonstrates how much Justice [Samuel] Alito knows about our historical election practices and procedures and how little Justice Barrett \u2026 knows and understands.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlito has proved that in numerous opinions he has written on election issues and proved it once again in this case,\u201d von Spakovsky, who served on the Federal Election Commission and as a Department of Justice lawyer, told The Federalist. <\/p>\n<p>The election law expert echoed the sentiments of many in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-foreign-influence-in-2020-election-nevada-secretary-of-state-caught-sending-voter-data-list-to-pakistani-firm-linked-to-isi\/\" title=\"Evidence of Foreign Influence in 2020 ...: Nevada Secretary of State Caught Sending Voter Data List to Pakistani Firm Linked to ISI\">election integrity movement<\/a> when he said that Barrett\u2019s \u201cerroneous opinion makes it even more important that the U.S. Senate pass the SAVE Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bad decision-Supremes-Watson v RNC-Allowing ballots received\/counted>Election Day misreads law &#038; allows chaos Congress intended to prevent; Alito dissent right-Barrett opinion inconsistent w\/text\/historical practice\/precedents; will undermine confidence in elections<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hans von Spakovsky (@HvonSpakovsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HvonSpakovsky\/status\/2071637119135518942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018More Important Than Ever\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>But the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate \u2014 at least the weak-kneed, weak-willed senators wincing at the threat of long hours \u2014 isn\u2019t much interested in working at passing legislation that the vast majority of American voters support. Besides, the light-schedule Senate has already checked out for its July 4 holiday recess. They\u2019re not expected to be back in action until the week of July 13. <\/p>\n<p>Their intransigence is not sitting well with President Donald Trump, who has made clear the SAVE Act (also known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/24\/senate-rinos-too-busy-scolding-trump-to-pass-voter-id-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE America Act<\/a>) is mission critical. The bill would require proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration and photo ID to vote in federal elections. In its current form, the election integrity bill would also <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/KEL26222.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end the use<\/a> of universal mail-in ballots, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/saveamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exception<\/a> of those who are ill, disabled, on military deployment, or traveling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the tremendous loss in the Supreme Court today concerning Voter\u2019s Rights, and the fact that \u2018people\u2019s\u2019 votes are allowed to be counted LONG AFTER an Election is over, it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,\u201d Trump wrote in a Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116834002761429397\">post<\/a> following Monday\u2019s ruling.  <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Trump said there is \u201cno excuse\u201d for a politician to be against the bill\u2019s three major provisions. Congressional Democrats have stood opposed to the bill at every turn, falsely insisting that the election integrity measures would lead to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5787344-james-clyburn-save-act-jim-crow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jim Crow 2.0<\/a>,\u201d clearly not understanding what Jim Crow laws did despite the fact that their party wrote them. They <a href=\"https:\/\/cha.house.gov\/2021\/7\/democrats-falsely-claiming-state-election-integrity-laws-jim-crow-20-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do that a lot.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only one reason to oppose \u2014 CHEATING!\u201d Trump added. He noted that the Republican-controlled House has been able to pass multiple iterations of the SAVE Act, while the Senate \u201cseems unable to do so.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018It\u2019s a Math Problem\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate does face a higher threshold to even move a bill to the floor for debate. Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has repeatedly said that he doesn\u2019t have the votes in his caucus to force the Democrat minority\u2019s hands. He could do so with a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/17\/what-the-wall-street-journal-gets-wrong-about-the-talking-filibuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">talking filibuster<\/a>, which would require Democrats to continuously debate the bill to keep their filibuster alive. <\/p>\n<p>But RINOs like Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina apparently don\u2019t see the urgency. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite simple. It\u2019s a math problem. We simply don\u2019t have the votes and the SAVE America Act will not be implemented in time for this election,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/thom-tillis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tillis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5945634-trump-supreme-court-mail-ballots-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told <\/a>reporters last week.  <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps. But it certainly could have been had Republican leadership had enough spine to move lawmaker hearts and minds. Thune could have pulled a number of power levers to convince the unmotivated in his caucus that failure to fight for the SAVE America Act comes with a price. Besides, the GOP\u2019s lackluster performance on Trump\u2019s agenda has put Republican control of the Senate in doubt leading into a critical midterm election. They still have time to get the SAVE America Act done in this session for 2028 \u2014 if they\u2019re willing to work. <\/p>\n<p>Therein lies the problem \u2026 <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018It\u2019s Crazy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Failure to act could prove destructive for the republic, Trump warned. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a time when there is a powerful Communist Movement taking place in our Country, one more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or September 11th, all Dumocrats, and our five Republican Senate Hold Outs, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and Mitch McConnell must vote to SAVE OUR COUNTRY. There can be no more excuses!\u201d Trump wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The president has paused signing a bipartisan housing bill saturated in big government initiatives to put pressure on the Senate to act on the SAVE Act. He called the bill a \u201cyawn.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a yawn,\u201d he<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5946313-trump-housing-bill-save-america-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> told<\/a> reporters Monday at the Oval Office. \u201cTo me, compared to the SAVE America Act, just about everything is a big yawn.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Election integrity advocates are calling on Trump to veto the housing bill to press the Senate to pass the SAVE Act. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Court answered a legal question today,\u201d Ken Cuccinelli, national chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, said in a statement. \u201cCongress still has a policy decision to make. The Court interpreted existing federal law. Congress can strengthen that law, and President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that election integrity is one of his highest priorities. The housing bill is now on his desk and this is an ideal moment to advance election integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, according to The Hill, said that the election integrity measure is \u201cprobably not going to happen because we have four Republican senators, maybe five, that just won\u2019t vote for it. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voters who value election integrity should and will remember what the Republican-controlled Senate failed to do when election season begins in a couple of months. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"... Knew \u2018100 Percent\u2019 He Was \u2018Fighting for the Little Guy\u2019: Former Top ... Economic Adviser\">award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberts, Barrett side with left on election case, undermining Constitution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2621373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-at-5.18.04-PM-1024x578.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56721,41837,6994],"class_list":["post-2621372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-legaljustice","tag-saveact","tag-scotus"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-at-5.18.04-PM-1024x578.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621372","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621376,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621372\/revisions\/2621376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}