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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
You can't refuse to accept mail that comes in after your arbitrary date. If it's POSTMARKED before that date, then you have to count it no matter when it shows up.
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Close but no cigar for you. Different states have different rules about mail in ballots. Some (32) states require that the ballot arrive by election day, period. 18 states accept ballots postmarked by election day but arriving after election day.
Most, maybe all, have rules giving some leniency to overseas ballots.
Some states accept an early mail in ballot even if there is evidence the voter died between voting and election day. Others reject such ballots
(A side note... President Carter now age 100 voted early)
Here is FL's rule
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A returned voted ballot must be received, regardless of postmark, by the Supervisor of Elections' office no later than 7:00 pm (local time) on Election Day. A 10-day extension exists for overseas voters only for Presidential Preference Primary and General Elections, provided the ballot is postmarked or dated by Election Day. Untimely received ballots are otherwise not counted.
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HERE is the list of each state and territorial rule.