By Mary O’KEEFE

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may continue to count mailed-in ballots that are postmarked by the day of the election but arrive at the clerk’s office after Election Day. 

In the case Watson v Republican National Committee, the court’s majority opinion was written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett; she was joined in the vote by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan. 

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan on Monday responded to the United States Supreme Court decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee. 

“The ruling affirms California’s existing ballot receipt deadline and requires no changes to how elections are conducted in L.A. County – now or in future elections. The decision leaves California’s existing ballot-receipt framework intact. No changes are required under the ruling to how elections are administered in LA County for the November election or future elections. LA County voters who mail their ballot on or before Election Day will continue to have their ballots counted if received within seven days of the election, consistent with current California law,” according to the RR/CC.