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![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24–1260
MICHAEL WATSON, MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF
STATE, PETITIONER v. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, ET AL.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
[June 29, 2026]
JUSTICE BARRETT delivered the opinion of the Court.
Three federal statutes set the day for the election of Representatives, Senators, and the President. A Mississippi
law permits the counting of absentee ballots postmarked by
election day but received up to five days later. We must
decide whether the federal election-day statutes preempt
Mississippi’s law. They do not.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiceaibal7i7bgvgn4bwmy5fr4e7bchtae6zasg3d275irkw2laxxa)
