US appeals court says counting ballots received after Election Day is illegal

By Nate Raymond and Jack Queen (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it was illegal for states to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, siding with Republicans in a case challenging Mississippi's five-day grace period. The ruling by a conservative three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not strike down Mississippi's law but called