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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms
The ruling keeps states using existing mail-ballot procedures while legal challenges continue, after judges said the Postal Service lacked authority and time was short.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied President Donald Trump's emergency request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail-ballot rules, leaving a lower court injunction blocking the requirements in place for the 2026 midterm elections.
- Trump issued an executive order in March directing the Postal Service to adopt uniform envelope styles and barcode requirements for mail ballots, citing fraud concerns despite widespread reliance on mail-in voting across the country.
- A Postal Service whistleblower warned the system was "secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed," cautioning that a single barcode error could cause an entire batch of 10,000 ballots to be rejected, making implementation impossible.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion that applying the rule with only 50 days before the November 3 election would be "arbitrary and capricious" because state and local officials lacked sufficient time to implement it.
- The Supreme Court's majority noted the Trump administration is "unlikely to succeed on the merits" in its broader legal challenge, preserving established mail-voting processes for the November 3 contest as nearly one-third of voters rely on mail ballots.
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