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Supreme Court denies Trump request to allow USPS mail ballot changes
The Supreme Court rejected a Trump administration petition to implement changes to U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot handling for the 2026 midterm elections, ruling the proposed changes arbitrary and capricious. The rejected executive order would have tasked USPS with verifying voter citizenship and creating a barcode tracking system for mail ballot envelopes using Department of Homeland Security compiled citizenship lists. Lower courts had already blocked the order, and the justices found insufficient time for states to implement the rule before elections.
Why it matters: Election officials, voting infrastructure teams, and postal service administrators need to understand this decision blocks a significant change to mail ballot processes, preventing operational disruption and compliance conflicts just months before elections.
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