The U.S. Supreme Court has kept a preliminary injunction active through the November 3 election, preventing the Postal Service from enforcing new restrictions on mail voting that were designed to carry out President Trump’s March 31 executive order.
With the injunction intact, all 50 states may proceed under their existing mail ballot procedures. The Postal Service is barred from turning away mail ballots and cannot force states to load personal voter data into a newly created federal online portal. Hundreds of thousands of ballots are already moving through the mail to eligible voters, with millions more expected before the month is out.
The case was brought by a coalition that includes the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, the League of Women Voters, the Association of Americans Resident Overseas, the U.S. Vote Foundation, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Legal representation came from the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, the Legal Defense Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF.
Celina Stewart, speaking for the plaintiffs, called the decision “a critical step to ensuring free and fair elections this November by maintaining access to mail voting for millions of eligible voters across the United States.”
Doris Speer, representing Americans living abroad, said the blocked USPS rule “threatened mass confusion and chaos for voters overseas,” and welcomed the court’s action as relief for that community heading into the 2026 election cycle.
Category: Constitution
Tags: Supreme Court, Elections, USPS, Donald Trump