Such a ruling would create one set of rules for #state candidates & a different set of rules for #federal candidates, the governor said. #Ohio lawmakers would lack time to
square the 2 in time for November ballots to be prepared, causing confusion for voters.

With his signature, the number of states accepting mailed ballots received after #Election Day as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before that date has fallen to 14….

#law #ElectionLaw #VoteSuppression #VotingRights #SCOTUS #Trump

#SCOTUS has taken up the Mississippi’s appeal after a panel of 3 judges nominated by #Trump on the #5thCircuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2024 that its #law allowing #ballots that arrive shortly after #Election Day to be counted violated federal law.

“No one knows how the Supreme Court will rule,” DeWine said. “However, if the court in late June upholds the 5th Circuit case & Ohio’s grace period for counting late ballots is still in effect, the election situation in Ohio would be chaotic.”