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95 pages of chaos: The White House rules that nearly tanked the election
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What happened
AlterNet, drawing on ProPublica’s reporting, says the Trump White House pursued mail-voting restrictions that could have disrupted the 2026 midterms before the Supreme Court blocked the final executive order on Sept. 14. An earlier proposal would have required ballots to travel exclusively by certified mail, forcing voters to be present and sign for delivery. The administration abandoned that plan after fierce Postal Service objections that it could not be executed.
The March order instead directed postal workers to compare ballot mailings with state…
The skinny
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