{"id":615672,"date":"2026-06-09T17:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=615672"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:09:27","slug":"supreme-court-takes-aim-at-californias-delayed-vote-counting-system-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=615672","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court takes aim at California\u2019s delayed vote counting system"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A case pending before the Supreme Court could address delayed ballot counts, restoring a measure of trust in the United States voting process.<\/p>\n

The recent mayoral race in Los Angeles is bringing the country\u2019s focus back to how elections are conducted in different parts of the country, and many people have questions about delayed ballot counts that somehow coincidentally shift the balance of races days after votes are cast.<\/p>\n

Justices heard oral arguments in the Mississippi case of Watson v. Republican National Committee in March, and the ruling could put an end to counting ballots up to five days after the official election date.<\/p>\n

Mississippi is one of \u201cat least 14 states, along with California, New York and Texas, as well as the District of Columbia, with laws that allow for late ballots so long as envelopes are postmarked by Election Day. Around 30 states have some sort of grace period for absentee ballots as well, letting military or US citizens abroad cast their votes,\u201d according to\u00a0The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Republicans argue that such late ballot counting is unconstitutional, and as Los Angeles residents still don\u2019t know who their next mayor will be days after the election, that argument may carry some merit.<\/p>\n

RNC Chairman Joe Gruters spoke to\u00a0The Post<\/em> about what he calls the \u201cfailure\u201d of LA\u2019s voting system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening in California is a Democrat failure on full display. Nearly a week after the primary, it is completely unacceptable ballots are still being counted. That\u2019s why the RNC is aggressively fighting in the Supreme Court to stop ballots received after Election Day from being counted. Americans deserve timely election results they can trust,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

SCOTUS is expected to rule on the case ahead of its recess later this month.<\/p>\n

X users weighed in:<\/p>\n

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If scotus does nothing, they will be to blame for total Dem control.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bad Kitty Unleashed \"\ud83e\udd81\" \"\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\" (@pepesgrandma) June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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California\u2019s delayed election counts have done more damage to democracy than Xi and Putin combined.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Albert Latham (@albert1776) June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Do you think California follows the law?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maryland Election Integrity Group (@EFFE4USA) June 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And then what\u2019s going to happened to the current election??? Are they going to void this one that they \u201ccheated\u201d?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Q (@Initial__Q) June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Good, given that US Congress is incapable of passing any new election security laws.
\n100% Useless US Congress.<\/p>\n

\u2014 James Vanderhall (@JamesVanderhal2) June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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California will just spend billions of dollars to comply with rapid counting because they will never let go of mail-in voting (which is far more time consuming to count) because they want access to low information voters.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ackchyually (@Ackchyually2000) June 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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