When the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court this morning hear a case on deadlines for mail ballots they should use common sense: All that matters is when a ballot is cast by the voter for a fair and accurate election, not when the ballot is received and counted. Therefore, existing state laws allowing for ballots that arrive after Election Day, but are postmarked earlier, should remain valid and those ballots should be counted.

It will disappoint Donald Trump, who doesn’t want any ballot that arrives after Election Day to count, but the justices have disappointed him before.

A majority of states, 28, allow time after Election Day for mail ballots from military voters and overseas voters to make their way back from bases and ships and foreign locations.........

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