1. United States
2. Letter

I need you to oppose any efforts to restrict mail-in voting following the Supreme Court's consideration of Watson v. Republican National Committee. The Court appears ready to overturn Mississippi's law allowing ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if received within five business days, which would disenfranchise thousands of voters who followed their state's rules. More than a dozen states have similar laws. A ruling against Mississippi would invalidate these laws just months before the November 2026 elections, creating chaos for election officials and confusion for voters who have relied on these systems for years. Military members, overseas voters, and rural residents who depend on mail service would be hit hardest. Justice Jackson got it right when she noted this case is about who decides ballot receipt dates and whether Congress prohibited states from making those decisions. Congress hasn't prohibited this. In fact, the 2022 Electoral Count Reform Act references a "period of voting," showing Congress accepts that states can set voting periods rather than requiring everything happen on a single day. If Congress wanted to ban counting ballots received after Election Day, they could pass legislation doing exactly that. Restricting when states can count properly postmarked ballots doesn't protect election integrity. It just makes voting harder for people who played by the rules.