Florida Republicans criticized a Monday that upheld Mississippi鈥檚 law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked and received with five days of Election Day, with some saying it gives further urgency to pass the SAVE America Act being pushed by President Trump.
鈥淭his is such a terrible opinion,鈥� Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd. 鈥淓lection Day should mean just that.鈥� He went on to say that every day that goes by after Election Day without the results being posted 鈥渁llows doubt to creep in and the conspiracy theories to bloom. It doesn鈥檛 have to be this hard.鈥�
requires that all vote-by-mail ballots must be received at a superviser of elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day. However, overseas ballots in a presidential preference primary or general election are counted up to 10 days after a general election if the ballot envelope is dated or postmarked no later than the day of the election.
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鈥淪COTUS validates election practices in places like California that count votes received after an election,鈥� Gov. Ron DeSantis, who called it a 鈥渓oss for election integrity. Florida will keep doing it right.鈥�
Florida GOP U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody responded to the high court鈥檚 ruling by that 鈥渨e must get the Save America Act back to the floor on a vote.鈥�
President Trump has demanded that the U.S. Senate vote on the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote and that voters show a photo ID at polling places (which is , including Florida).
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried cheered the Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling, calling it a 鈥渉uge win for the freedom to vote and to have your vote counted.鈥�
鈥淚nstead of winning on ideas, the Republican Party鈥檚 entire playbook is to win by silencing voters,鈥� she added. 鈥淩epublicans are so terrified of the power of a true, representative democracy that their strategy is dreaming up new ways to keep the voters from being heard 鈥� including making it harder for seniors, service members and those with disabilities to cast their ballots by mail.鈥�
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