Election officials brace for Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballot deadlines

Election officials are scrambling to prepare for a Supreme Court ruling that could upend laws in 14 states that allow mail-in ballots to be counted if they arrive after Election Day.

WASHINGTON — Election officials are scrambling to prepare for a Supreme Court ruling this month that could upend laws in 14 states that allow late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted. Those laws allowed hundreds of thousands of ballots to be counted in the 2024 election, an NBC News Decision Desk analysis shows.

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