A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday upholds a Michigan rule that ensures votes that arrive late can still be counted. The five-to-four decision upholds a Mississippi law but also appears to affirm a 2022 voter-approved voting rights amendment to the Michigan Constitution.
One of its provisions allows absentee ballots cast by military and overseas voters to be counted as long as they are postmarked by election day. The ballots must arrive at a clerk’s office within six days of the election.
But Michigan Republican Party Chair Jim Runestad says he thinks the court made a bad decision.
“Let’s have an election day, not election week, not election month, because mischief can occur. Anyone who knows there’s an election coming up should be mailing their ballot in or bringing their ballot orvoting on election day without this open door to potential fraud.”
Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says the ruling is a victory for voting rights.
