The U.S. Supreme Court may restrict mail-in voting for midterm elections

On the 23rd, the United States Supreme Court held a public hearing on mail-in voting. The justices’ statements indicate that the Supreme Court may prevent some local governments in the U.S. from counting ballots that are postmarked by election day but delivered later. According to multiple media reports, the related ruling could impact the Congressional midterm elections in November this year. The hearing lasted about two hours and concerned a law enacted in Mississippi during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which allows mail-in ballots to be delivered within five business days after election day. In 2024, the Republican National Committee and the Libertarian Party of Mississippi filed petitions to overturn this law, which was supported by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Mississippi subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court. The Republican camp, to which President Trump belongs, supports overturning this law. (Xinhua)