June 3, 2026, 1:58 PM EDTBy Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON — 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.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
Election officials brace for Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballot deadlines
The justices could invalidate laws in 14 states that allow ballots that arrive after Election Day to be counted. An NBC News Decision Desk analysis shows how many votes could be at stake.
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