United States of America, Amicus Curiae
The United States is an amicus in this case because it involves issues of federal law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 17, 2026. The federal election-day statutes designate a single day when ballot boxes generally must close, and when election officials thus must be in receipt of every vote. Federal law fixes “the day” on which “the election” must occur for federal offices. When enacted, the ordinary meaning of those words was that all votes must have been received on Election Day to count. That…
