A future Supreme Court ruling regarding Mississippi’s voting system could impact whether Oregon and other states are allowed to continue accepting mail-in ballots that are postmarked on or prior to Election Day, but arrive on a later date.

Since 2022 , Oregon has accepted mailed ballots that are postmarked by 8 p.m. on Election Day and arrive within seven days after that date. Roughly 13,000 ballots cast by Oregonians in last year’s general election — representing a tiny fraction of the total 2.31 million ballots cast — arrived and were accepted after Election Day, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

But a Supreme Court decision expected next year could force Oregon to end the practice. On Monday, the court announced that it would hear a challenge by the Republican Nationa

See Full Page