Politics Mar 22 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers late-arriving mail ballot laws in case that may affect midterms By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Politics Jan 14 Supreme Court revives GOP congressman's challenge to late-arriving mail ballot law The high court ruled 7-2 that Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill. has the legal right to challenge the law, even though the ballots likely had little effect on a race he won handily. By Associated Press
Nation Jan 05 How this new mail rule could affect your ballot, your tax return and more The rule, which went into effect on Christmas Eve, defines the meaning of a postmark, the date printed or stamped on most mailed items. By Tim McPhillips
Politics Nov 10 Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target ahead of midterms Mississippi is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Nation Aug 23 Watch 6:18 Does Trump have the power to end mail-in voting? Legal scholar weighs in With control of Congress at stake in the 2026 midterm elections, Trump is doubling down on efforts to end mail-in voting. In the 2024 election, nearly 30% of Americans who voted cast their ballots by mail. Despite a multimillion-dollar Republican… By John Yang, Harry Zahn
Aug 18 Fact-checking Trump's claim the U.S. is the 'only country' that uses mail-in voting By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact President Donald Trump vowed to take action against voting by mail, which he said makes the United States an outlier. Continue reading
Nov 02 Rejecting GOP plea, Supreme Court lets Pennsylvania count contested provisional ballots By Mike Catalini, Michael Rubinkam, Marc Levy, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation’s biggest battleground… Continue reading
Sep 25 Election rules are changing in several states, even with voting set to begin By Ali Swenson, Associated Press It can be a challenge to keep track of these 11th-hour changes, so here's a quick guide. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 5:19 A look ahead at election laws as the Democratic Party picks a new nominee By John Yang Democratic Party officials will now have to negotiate state election laws, just six weeks from when the first mail-in ballots go out to voters in North Carolina. For more, John Yang speaks with Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law… Continue watching
Oct 27 It's normal not to know the official results on election night. Here's why By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press In 2020, Trump proclaimed that the lack of final results on election night was an indicator of something nefarious. He used it to assert without evidence that the election was stolen. In reality, results released on election night are unofficial… Continue reading