Overview
- The Supreme Court issued an unsigned 6–3 order on Monday that lifted a lower-court block and cleared parts of President Trump’s March executive order to advance without deciding whether the order is lawful.
- The U.S. Postal Service published a final regulation that would require specific envelope designs, unique barcodes and a federal upload of state voter lists and outbound/return envelope barcodes before it will accept mailed ballots.
- A separate federal injunction from Judge Indira Talwani remains in place blocking USPS from implementing those changes for the November election, and the Justice Department has asked courts to lift that block while states and voting groups have filed new emergency suits.
- Election officials say the rule would demand rapid technical and operational changes across thousands of local offices and vendor systems that many cannot complete before some jurisdictions begin mailing ballots in early September.
- Under the Constitution states run elections, legal experts warn the dispute will keep courts and election offices tied up through November, and voters who rely on mail ballots may face confusion if rules shift or are enjoined at the last minute.