If Hakeem Jeffries accedes to the Speakership in January, he could have New York’s Court of Appeals to thank. With control of the House possibly hinging on swing districts in the Empire State, the state’s top court just handed to the Democrats a win over rules for mail-in balloting. The court rejected a GOP challenge to New York’s Early Mail Voting Law. That opens the door to no-excuse absentee voting, along with fears of potentially decisive voter fraud.