An appeals court changed a long-standing precedent in Mississippi that allowed ballots postmarked on Election Day to still be counted. "Congress statutorily designated a singular 'day for the election' of members of Congress and the appointment of presidential electors.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it was illegal for states to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, siding with Republicans in a case challenging Mississippi's five-day grace period.

The rule will not go into effect until after the November 5 general election, Mississippi Secretary of State says.

The judges issued an order saying the ruling would not officially be returned to a lower court until seven days after the deadline for appealing their decision has passed — which is usually at

A federal appeals court has ruled that Mississippi’s policy of counting mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later violates federal law.

With 12 days to go until Election Day, state and local election officials are urging Utahns to take advantage of mail-in and early voting — and not wait until the last day to cast their votes. A decent chunk of registered voters have already listened to that advice.

For the first time in a presidential election, local clerks in Michigan will be able to preprocess absentee ballots.

Louisiana voters will decide which presidential candidates will receive their eight electoral votes in the Nov. 5 election

An appeals court struck down a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be received five days after the election. Many states have similar laws.