Republicans Lose Fight Over Late-Arriving Mail Ballots in Nevada

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Republicans Lose Fight Over Late-Arriving Mail Ballots in Nevada

The Nevada Supreme Court will allow state officials to count absentee ballots arriving without a postmark as many as three days after the Nov. 5 general election, rejecting a challenge brought by the Republican Party in the swing state.

The decision on Monday is a setback for the national GOP organization in Nevada, where polls show a tight race in the presidential contest between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Nevada high court’s decision upholding a lower court ruling against Republicans appeared on the docket on Monday but the full opinion wasn’t immediately available. A spokesperson for the Republican Party did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The decision follows a ruling last week by a federal appeals court in a fight over Mississippi’s election practices declaring that counting late-arriving mail ballots violates federal law. But that court, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, declined to order any action ahead of Election Day, meaning Mississippi is likely to tally late-arriving ballots in the November contest.

Twenty-two states and US territories will count absentee ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day, and an additional 11 states count late-arriving ballots from overseas voters, according to the Justice Department.

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