Mail-in voting before SCOTUS.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Last Monday, March 23, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted after Election Day. Several conservative justices appeared sympathetic to the challengers, who argued that the state law violates federal statutes defining the date of elections. If the Court rules in favor of the challengers, more than a dozen states with similar laws could be affected.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the mail-in ballots arguments that were held before the Supreme Court last week while we were on break. We're going to |
| 0:39.9 | discuss exactly what those arguments were about, what the implications might be, share some views |
| 0:44.7 | from the left and the right, and then today I'll be giving my take. We also have a staff |
| 0:49.8 | concurrence today from Audrey Moorhead, who coincidentally is hosting the podcast with me today as well. |
| 0:56.5 | Before we jump in, I do want to give you a quick heads up that we have something really interesting |
| 1:00.9 | happening. A scientific survey of Tangle readers. That's right. The University of Minnesota |
| 1:07.5 | wants to study you, our Tangle audience, readers and listeners, and understand how you |
| 1:12.9 | engage with other people about politics. It would be incredibly helpful for us if you participated. |
| 1:19.6 | The survey is anonymous. It takes five minutes and it gives you the option to enter a lottery for a $200 |
| 1:25.4 | Amazon gift card. There is a link to the survey in today's |
| 1:29.3 | episode description, and I encourage you guys to check it out. With that, I'm going to send it over |
| 1:34.0 | to Audrey for today's main topic, and I'll be back for my take. |
| 1:48.7 | Thanks, Isaac. Let's get right into it with today's quick hits. |
| 1:55.9 | Number one, President Donald Trump will deliver a speech with an important update on Iran tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. |
| 2:01.3 | Number two, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to make a list of U.S. citizens in each state who are eligible to vote and borrowing the |
| 2:06.1 | Postal Service from sending mail-in ballots to anyone not on the list. |
| 2:10.1 | The order also instructs the Attorney General to prioritize the prosecution of election officials |
| 2:14.7 | who distribute ballots to ineligible voters. |
| 2:17.4 | The executive order is expected to be challenged in court. |
| 2:20.7 | Number three, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a challenge to President |
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