Stateline reports on Center for Election Confidence’s (CEC) efforts to encourage the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a “bright line” rule for ballot return deadlines in federal elections in Watson v. RNC, which is currently before the Court.

CEC filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court with partners Honest Elections Project and Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE).

In the article, Stateline notes that the key question in Watson is “what does it mean to cast a ballot?” In other words, “is putting it in the mail enough, or does it need to reach election officials?”