Supreme Court blocks Trumps bid to restrict postal voting
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections. In an emergency order, the court's conservative supermajority refused to lift a lower-court injunction that paused a sweeping U.S. Postal Service (USPS) overhaul. The administration’s plan would have banned postal workers from delivering mail-in ballots unless they perfectly matched pre-verified, state-provided voter lists and featured specific tracking barcodes.
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