Carrie Johnson

Remember, this Supreme Court back in 2013 basically gutted another major part of the Voting Rights Act that had to do with preclearance, preapproval of voting changes in states with a history of discrimination.

So now we have another major section of this law

potentially in peril at the Supreme Court.

And really, the way the court decides this case could have huge impacts around the country for drawing maps in the future.

Some voting rights groups filed a brief in this case saying that depending on how the Supreme Court rules,

The Congressional Black Caucus could lose up to 30% of its members, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus could lose up to 11% of its members.

It could have a big impact on who sits in Congress moving forward.

One more thing here.

Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh have expressed, you know, in the past pretty openly that they believe some of the changes that were imposed

under the Voting Rights Act back in the 1960s have a time limit on them.

And that time may be coming due soon.

Yeah, this case involves a law in Mississippi that allows these mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they're received within five business days after Election Day.

And so it's really important because President Trump and some of his allies have been arguing that Election Day should be Election Day.

People should go to the polls on Election Day.

And that's the way ballots should be cast and counted.

You know, Mississippi says that the stakes are really high here because throwing out ballots that may not arrive on Election Day themselves could really swing close races here.

Something like 16 states permit absentee ballots to be counted if they're received within a certain amount of time, as long as they're postmarked by Election Day.

And that's important because the U.S.

Postal Service has announced they may try to change some of those postmarks.

So this could be a very, very significant political case.