be received

On Tuesday night, Salon witnessed those machines whirring through more than 175,000 mail-in ballots, though officials had not yet said when the count might end: At a press conference just after 9:15 p.m., they said they expected a total of around 200,000 mail-in ballots to be received overall, down from 375,000 in 2020.

Dropped-off ballots must be received before polls close at 8 p.m.

The date requirement on a timely mailed ballot serves no purpose when state law requires ballots to be received by election day.

Additionally some of these states have restrictions on when mail ballots can be received by or tallied.

RNC lawyers argued that federal law requires all votes to be received by Election Day, not just cast by Election Day.