🚨 美国最高法院以5-4的投票结果裁定，选举日并不真正意味着选举日

联邦法律并不要求邮寄选票必须在选举日收到，最高法院表示，裁定各州可以在选举日盖邮戳后……几天再计算选票。

多数意见（由大法官艾米·科尼·巴雷特撰写）——加入者：首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨、大法官索尼娅·索托马约尔、大法官埃琳娜·卡根，以及大法官凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊。

关键推理：联邦法规为投票（选择行为）设定了统一日期，但并不要求选票必须在当天被选举官员收到。历史词典和语境显示，“选举”指的是选民的选择，而不是选票的物理接收。法院强调，各州长期以来控制着选票接收的机制，联邦法规中没有任何内容将19世纪的做法“困在琥珀中”。它区分了诸如Foster诉Love案（1997年）的先例，并指出，关于欺诈或选举诚信的政策担忧应由国会或州立法机构处理。

🔻我的想法：

这其中的唯一一线希望是，它突显了现在是国会或州立法机构的责任来解决这个问题，因为最高法院失败了。

如果国会想将沃森异议的观点编入法律，它应该包括明确设定联邦接收截止日期或预先否决州宽限期的语言。

现在，国会里有一项东西可能完全颠覆这一裁决——它被称为《让选举再次伟大法案》（MEGA法案）（H.R. 7300）……它扩展了《拯救美国法案》。

MEGA法案明确包括一项规定，要求邮寄选票必须在选举日或之前被选举官员收到才能计入——即使在选举日盖了邮戳。

但我想它从一月份起就一直搁置着……我猜是在等待《拯救美国法案》通过，因为它是其扩展。

这个决定很糟糕……但我们手中还有一些牌可以打。这也许以后会为我们所用。

🚨 SCOTUS in a 5-4 vote, ruled that Election Day doesn’t really mean Election Day

Federal law does not require mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day, SCOTUS says, holding that states may count ballots postmarked by Election Day.. days later.

Majority opinion (written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett)— Joined by: Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Elena Kagan, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Key reasoning: The federal statutes set a uniform day for voting (the act of choosing), but do not require ballots to be received by election officials on that exact day. Historical dictionaries and context show “election” refers to the electorate’s choice, not the physical receipt of ballots. The Court emphasized that states have long controlled the mechanics of ballot receipt, and nothing in the federal statutes “traps in amber” 19th-century practices. It distinguished precedents like Foster v. Love (1997) and noted that policy concerns about fraud or election integrity are for Congress or state legislatures to address.

🔻My Thoughts:

The only silver lining in this is that it highlights how it’s the duty of CONGRESS or state legislatures need to address this now since SCOTUS failed.

If Congress wanted to codify the Watson dissent’s view into law, it should include language that explicitly sets a federal receipt deadline or preempts state grace periods.

Now, there is something in Congress right now that COULD change this ruling on its head— it’s called The Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act (H.R. 7300)… which expands on the Svae America Act.

The MEGA Act explicitly includes a provision requiring that mail ballots be received by election officials on or before Election Day to be counted—even if postmarked by Election Day.

But it’s been sitting since January I think.. I imagine waiting for the Save America Act to pass, as it is an extension of it.

The decision sucks… but we have some more cards in the deck to play. This may work out in our favor later.