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Trump LOSES mail-in ballot crackdown fight as Supreme Court rejects his eleventh-hour plea with weeks to midterm elections

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Deppisch, B. (2026, September 15). Trump LOSES mail-in ballot crackdown fight as Supreme Court rejects his eleventh-hour plea with weeks to midterm elections. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16114337/supreme-court-trump-mail-ballot-decisions.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s request to allow the US Postal Service to check mail-in ballots against voter registration databases, dealing a significant blow to his efforts to restrict voting rights before the midterm elections. The court's decision came after multiple attempts by the Trump administration to intervene, with critics arguing that such measures could disenfranchise millions of voters, particularly those relying on mail-in ballots. This ruling upholds lower court decisions blocking Trump’s executive order, which aimed to implement stricter USPS rules ahead of states sending out their ballots.

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Postmaster General David Steiner announced that the U.S. Postal Service has halted work on a controversial computer system developed under President Donald Trump's executive order, aimed at limiting voting by mail. This decision follows Supreme Court rulings striking down the executive order and issuing injunctions against implementing it. The suspension was confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press, where Steiner, who previously worked as CEO of Waste Management, emphasized his agency’s role as independent from political directives despite navigating financial hardships and political turbulence caused by Trump's policies. Unlike Trump, who criticized the court decisions, Steiner avoided commenting on the rulings' merits or implications for voter eligibility ahead of critical midterm elections in November.

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- Sign up HERE for our weekly DC Insider newsletter - your guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on Capitol Hill - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major loss in his quest to restrict the use of mail-in ballots just weeks before the midterm elections. asserted

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Lawyers for Trump had asked the Supreme Court to allow his executive order allowing US Postal Service rules allowing the government to 'check' mail-in ballots against a central repository of registered voters in each state - and reject ballots from voters not listed in the database. asserted

government → ask → database

The appeal was the third time the Trump administration asked the high court to intervene - in a sign of its outsize interest in the matter. asserted

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Critics have warned that the new USPS rules ordered by Trump, and their eleventh-hour implementation, risked creating widespread chaos in the run-up to Election Day, and could disenfranchise millions of US voters who cast their ballots by mail. uncertain

who → warn → mail

Many states are preparing to send out their mail-in ballots to voters this month, including North Carolina, who did so Friday. asserted

who → prepare → Carolina

By next week, six extra states will have followed suit. asserted

states → follow → suit

Solicitor General John Sauer had decried a lower court judge who blocked Trump's order as ‘baseless’ and threatening further confusion for voters. asserted

who → decry → voters

But critics of the rule argued it would disenfranchise millions of US voters - including roughly one-third of voters who cast their ballots by mail. asserted

who → argue → mail

Demonstrators appear at a 'Defend the Vote' rally in Washington, DC. asserted

Demonstrators → appear → Washington

Trump has sought to crack down on mail-in voting, part of a broader effort to exert more federal control in elections A mail-in ballot drop box sits on a table in Virginia ahead of the 2024 elections. asserted

box → seek → elections

Trump's executive order seeks to restrict the use of mail-in ballots, used by some one-third of US voters Supreme Court justices are seen posing for their group portrait 'Each day the injunction is in place risks sowing confusion and chaos because the injunction makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory,' Sauer told the Supreme Court. Despite his vocal concerns with the process, Trump himself voted by mail in the Florida Republican primary last month. This is a breaking news story. Check back soon for updates. asserted

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Trump LOSES mail-in ballot crackdown fight as Supreme Court rejects his eleventh-hour plea with weeks to midterm elections

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