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Aug. 26, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick and Lloyd Jackson speak with Promote The Vote Fund Senior Advisor Chris Thomas about the Supreme Court ruling on mail in voting that gives the Trump administration a tentative win.
WASHINGTON D.C. ~ President Donald Trump earned a legal win this week in his efforts to implant an executive order to impose restrictions on mail-in ballots mere months before the midterm elections.
The executive order in question aims to allow the Department of Homeland Security to crate a list of U.S. citizens eligible to vote, alongside state creating their own lists. It would then order the Unites States Postal Service to send out mail-in ballots to only those on the lists.
The Supreme Court did not decide on the legality of the president’s order, instead ruling that the legal challenge by 23 states and Washington D.C. was filed too early, since Trump’s plans had yet to be implemented. The conservative-majority court’s ruling was made in a 6-3 decision alongside ideological lines.
While parts of Trump’s order pertaining to DHS can move forward, his order at large has remaining legal challenges to face. While the Supreme Court repealed an injunction filed by a lower lowered, a separate ruling from the same judge still has the USPS portion blocked nationwide, though the Supreme Court decision likely puts that ruling puts on shaky ground. Further legal challenges against Trump’s order is expected.
