{"id":2624485,"date":"2026-07-05T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/samuel-alito-warns-mail-in-ballot-ruling-leaves-giant-opening-for-voter-fraud\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:35:26","slug":"samuel-alito-warns-mail-in-ballot-ruling-leaves-giant-opening-for-voter-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/samuel-alito-warns-mail-in-ballot-ruling-leaves-giant-opening-for-voter-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Alito Warns Mail-In-Ballot Ruling Leaves Giant Opening For Voter Fraud"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsamuel-alito-warns-mail-in-ballot-ruling-leaves-giant-opening-for-voter-fraud%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=2624485&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>Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito expressed concerns that the recent ruling by the Supreme Court could increase the risk of voter fraud. The decision, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, allows states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after election Day, which Alito argues could undermine election integrity and public confidence.He referenced past and legal sources highlighting the potential for absentee ballots to be used fraudulently. Several Republican lawmakers criticized the ruling, calling it a mistake and warning that it may lead to prolonged election counts and diminish the meaning of Election Day.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned Monday that the Court\u2019s ruling on mail-in ballots opens the floodgates for potential voter fraud opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In a 5-4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-1260_g3cn.pdf\">decision<\/a> authored by Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal law allows states to continue counting non-military mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. Alito wrote in his dissenting opinion that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-warns-late-arriving-ballot-ruling-may-undermine-election-confidence\/\" title=\"Alito warns late-arriving ballot ... may undermine election confidence\">decision \u201cleaves open opportunities<\/a> for voter fraud that may further undermine Americans\u2019 faith in the integrity of this country\u2019s elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiverse sources have recognized that mail-in ballots increase the potential for fraud,\u201d Alito added. \u201cIn 2005, a committee chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker found that absentee voting was \u2018the largest source of potential voter fraud\u2019 in American elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conservative justice also referred to a case from 2008 in which the late Justice John Paul Stevens \u201crecognized that the risk of voter fraud \u2018perpetrated using absentee ballots\u2019 is \u2018real\u2019 and \u2018could affect the outcome of a close election.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alito wrote further that the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling opens up \u201cPandora\u2019s box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that fact, is a voter\u2019s \u2018selection\u2019 truly \u2018final\u2019 when he or she puts a ballot in the mailbox?\u201d his dissent continued. \u201cThe majority dodges this question, offering the passing suggestion that Mississippi\u2019s statute would be preempted only insofar as it allows voters to recall their ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the Fifth Circuit hold as much on remand? Must <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >state law expressly prohibit voters<\/a> from using recall services? Do the Postal Service\u2019s or FedEx\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alito-nuking-single-day-elections-opens-pandoras-box-of-voter-fraud\/\" title=\"Alito: Nuking Single-Day ... Opens &#039;Pandora&#039;s Box&#039; Of ...\">mail-recall policies violate<\/a> the election-day [statutes] as applied to absentee ballots?\u201d Alito added. \u201cFor state legislatures trying to understand what the election-day statutes allow, the majority\u2019s decision opens Pandora\u2019s box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple members of Congress blasted the ruling \u2014 which law professor Jonathan Turley had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/2071595375903789165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> a \u201csurprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt wrote Monday in a statement posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenEricSchmitt\/status\/2071598452698456132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to<\/a> X that the Court\u2019s opinion was \u201cA shockingly wrong\u201d one. Meanwhile, Republican Arizona Rep. Abe Hamadeh similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepAbeHamadeh\/status\/2071599392667111902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blasted<\/a> the decision as \u201cdisastrous\u201d in an X post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember Election Day?\u201d Hamadeh wrote in the social media post. \u201cThis disastrous SCOTUS decision, authored by Justice Barrett, guarantees we\u2019ll keep drifting away from it \u2014 as our sacred elections get bogged down by endless mail-in ballots and never-ending counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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