SCOTUS COULD END IT — Justices Poised to Stop California Elections Nightmare

Opponents argue that Congress already established a single national Election Day for federal races, and that counting ballots after that date effectively turns Election Day into Election Week. Republican challengers took that argument to federal court.

While a lower district court initially upheld Mississippi’s law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with the challengers and ruled that federal election law overrides the state’s post-Election Day grace period. Mississippi then appealed to the Supreme Court.

Now the justices are preparing to decide a question that reaches far beyond one state. Although the lawsuit originated in Mississippi, California could ultimately feel some of the biggest effects.