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Trump presses Supreme Court to curb mail voting as ballots begin reaching Americans

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Ormiston, S. (2026, September 4). Trump presses Supreme Court to curb mail voting as ballots begin reaching Americans. Euronews. http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/04/trump-presses-supreme-court-to-curb-mail-voting-as-ballots-begin-reaching-americans

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A federal judge's ruling that mail voting compliance is "practically impossible" has thrown the midterm election into disarray, with voters in North Carolina receiving their mail-in ballots on Friday despite Trump's push to limit the practice. The Trump administration has filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to lift a lower court's block on an executive order that would restrict mail voting, which nearly a third of Americans used in the 2020 election, accounting for over 48 million votes. A Postal Service whistleblower has warned that millions of ballots could go undelivered due to flawed technology behind a voter-list portal ordered by Trump. The Supreme Court's decision on this matter will have significant implications for the midterms and potentially even Trump's legislative agenda and future impeachment attempts.
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The Trump administration has been trying to implement new rules for mail-in voting, which would require states to provide lists of eligible voters to the US Postal Service (USPS) so that they can verify who receives mail-in ballots. However, this move has been met with opposition from states and election officials, who claim it would be "virtually impossible" to comply with these changes in time for the midterm elections.

A federal judge, Massachusetts District Judge Indira Talwani, issued a preliminary injunction on Friday evening blocking the new rules while a legal battle plays out. The Trump administration has already asked the Supreme Court for permission to push the changes through, but it's unclear if this will be allowed.

Meanwhile, North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots on Friday, despite the uncertainty over whether these new federal rules will be allowed to take effect and whether the USPS can implement them in time. Other states are expected to follow suit in the coming days and weeks.

There is also a whistleblower who has warned that there could be "potentially catastrophic problems" with the new system for handling mail-in ballots, which could lead to millions of ballots being undelivered.

Overall, the situation is uncertain and chaotic, with multiple lawsuits and legal battles playing out over these new rules.

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North Carolina election officials say they're pressing ahead regardless, with the state's elections chief telling reporters it remains "business as usual" as ballots are distributed and other states, including Alabama, prepare to follow later this month.
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Trump presses Supreme Court to curb mail voting as ballots begin reaching Americans · mixed framing

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A federal judge's ruling that compliance was "practically impossible," paired with a whistleblower's warning that millions of ballots could go undelivered, has thrown the run-up to a pivotal midterm vote into legal disarray. uncertain
millions → pair → disarray
Voters in North Carolina in the United States began receiving their mail-in ballots on Friday, the first state to do so this election cycle. asserted
Voters → begin → Friday
It comes as the Trump administration pushes the Supreme Court to revive an executive order that would sharply limit the practice. asserted
that → come → practice
The administration filed an emergency request on Thursday asking the justices to lift a lower court's block on the order — a request lodged just as ballots started going out, and roughly two months before the November midterms. asserted
ballots → file → midterms
North Carolina election officials say they're pressing ahead regardless, with the state's elections chief telling reporters it remains "business as usual" as ballots are distributed and other states, including Alabama, prepare to follow later this month. asserted
states → say → Alabama
Trump signed the executive order in March, arguing that mail voting is vulnerable to fraud — a claim tied to his long-standing assertion that mail ballots cost him the 2020 election. uncertain
ballots → sign → election
Nearly a third of Americans voted by mail in the 2024 general election, accounting for more than 48 million votes, according to researchers States United. uncertain
third → vote → United
The order would require states to submit lists of eligible voters through a federal portal and would direct the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to those on the approved lists. asserted
order → require → lists
Democratic-led states sued, arguing the Constitution gives states, not the federal government, authority over how elections are run. asserted
elections → lead → authority
A federal judge, Indira Talwani, blocked the order last week, ruling it "practically impossible" for states to comply given how close they are to sending out ballots. asserted
they → block → ballots
Adding to the pressure on the system, a Postal Service whistleblower has warned that the technology behind the new voter-list portal ordered by Trump was built in a rushed, error-prone way that could see millions of ballots go undelivered. uncertain
millions → add → ballots
The Supreme Court has already weighed in once, temporarily lifting a separate lower-court block on the order without ruling on its merits — leaving the practice in legal limbo just as voting gets underway. asserted
voting → weigh → limbo
The midterms will decide control of Congress for the remainder of his term, and polls suggest Republicans face a real risk of losing their narrow House majority. asserted
Republicans → decide → majority
A Democratic-controlled House would be positioned to block his legislative agenda — and has signaled it could pursue a third impeachment attempt against him. uncertain
it → control → him
That backdrop helps explain why a voting method used by roughly a third of Americans has become such a high-stakes fight, fought out in the courts in the final weeks before ballots are cast. asserted
ballots → help → weeks
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