Watson v. Republican National Committee
Decided June 29, 2026. Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24-1260 · 609 U.S. ___ (2026)
Holding
The federal election-day statutes—3 U. S. C. §1, 2 U. S. C. §§ 1, 7—do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days thereafter; nothing in the federal election-day statutes requires ballots to be received by election day.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Amy Coney Barrett · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Dissenting · 4
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Official text
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