US Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail-in voting restrictions

The United States Supreme Court  rejected new restrictions imposed by the Trump administration on mail-in voting, less than two months before the midterm elections in November.

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"Implementing this rule for the 2026 election would be arbitrary and capricious and violate the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials did not have sufficient time to properly implement the rule before the election," the U.S. Supreme Court said.

With the ruling, the U.S. Postal Service  continued delivering ballots as usual.

On March 31, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to compile lists of eligible U.S. citizens in each state and instructing the USPS to establish a system whereby mail-in ballots would be delivered only to voters on lists provided by the states.

Days after the executive order was issued, numerous organizations and a group of states led by California filed suit in the District of Massachusetts.

The District Court issued a series of injunctions suspending the implementation of the executive order. With this latest ruling from the US Supreme Court, the injunctions suspending implementation remain in effect.

Under the USPS plan, which remains suspended, states would be required to provide the names and addresses of eligible voters and use a special barcode on ballot envelopes for USPS delivery.

Mail-in voting has already begun in several states, including Alabama, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, according to a report by National Public Radio.

More states will soon begin mail-in voting, including Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, where elections are conducted largely or entirely by mail.