Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Ballot Curbs
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Ballot Curbs
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President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to wipe away a lower-court blockade and let the U.S. Postal Service refuse to deliver some mailed ballots, escalating his fight over how the 2026 election is run, The Washington Times reported.
The Justice Department's request would let the Postal Service enforce new mail-in ballot rules before the November midterms, according to Bloomberg. Some states have warned the rules would wreak havoc as they prepare to send ballots to voters in the coming days.
The appeal landed the same day a federal judge in Boston weighed whether to extend her block on those rules.
Timeline
Earlier this year, Trump said he would "do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections" this fall and declined to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law enforcement officers to polling locations, the Georgia Recorder reported.
A federal court in Boston temporarily blocked the new Postal Service rules governing mail-in ballots.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani heard arguments on whether to extend that temporary block, Newsmax reported.
The Trump administration took the fight to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to let the Postal Service enforce the rules for the midterms, per Reuters and Bloomberg.
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Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be running a haphazard "experiment" with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed, The New York Times reported, and suggested the rules could cause major disenfranchisement.
States preparing to mail ballots within days have told the courts the new rules would create chaos, according to Bloomberg.
Election experts, meanwhile, see few legal options for Trump to interfere with polling places themselves, the Georgia Recorder reported.
What's Next
Talwani has yet to rule on extending her block on the Postal Service rules.
The Supreme Court will decide whether to grant the administration's request in time for the November midterms — a decision with a short fuse, since several states begin mailing ballots in the coming days.
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This is the second time the administration has taken its 2026 election fight to the high court, The Washington Times noted. The dispute is narrow on paper — what the Postal Service must deliver — but broad in effect, because mail ballots are counted only if they arrive.
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