A Florida county’s mail ballot envelopes, used without incident since 2024, were briefly rejected by the U.S. Postal Service this month over a spacing gap of 0.014 inches, offering a concrete preview of the kind of technical rejections officials have warned could disrupt mail voting if new federal design rules take effect. Leon County Supervisor … Read more
The U.S. Postal Service published a final rule on Aug. 21 that would restrict mail-in ballot delivery to states that share voter data with the federal government, carrying out part of President Trump’s March executive order on mail voting. But the rule cannot take effect for this year’s midterms because two separate federal court injunctions … Read more
A Wisconsin court is considering whether voters may cancel and replace complete absentee ballots already returned before the August 11 primary.
A divided First Circuit left an injunction against Trump’s federal voter-list and mail-ballot executive order in place during appeal.
A federal appeals court paused one block on proposed USPS mail-ballot rules, but a separate injunction still prevents implementation.
What Happened On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Watson v. Republican National Committee that federal law does not bar states from counting mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward. The ruling upholds a Mississippi law allowing such ballots to be counted up to five business days after the … Read more
