GoKawiilSupreme Court blocks Trump administration's mail-ballot restrictions before midterms
The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections, allowing states to keep using their existing mail voting procedures. The unsigned majority order found the administration's legal case unlikely to succeed, while Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, with Alito arguing the Postal Service has broad authority to enforce such limits.
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Mail ballots make up nearly a third of votes cast, so any last-minute change to the rules could have reshaped turnout and procedures just as voting was already underway. The ruling is a setback for Trump's long-running push to tighten mail voting despite scant evidence of fraud, though Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence leaves the door open for the administration to prevail if the dispute resurfaces later.
- The Supreme Court rejected Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the 2025 midterms.
- States can continue using established mail voting processes without disruption.
- Kavanaugh's concurrence suggests the administration could still win on this issue in a future case.
Source: fastcompany.com, 2026-09-15
Published there as: “Supreme Court justices reject Trump’s restrictions on mail ballots ahead of midterm elections”
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